Background
Trías-Monge, Jose was born on May 5, 1920 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Son of José and Belén Monge.
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Trías-Monge, Jose was born on May 5, 1920 in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Son of José and Belén Monge.
University of Puerto Rico (Bachelor of Arts, with honors, 1940). Harvard University (Master of Arts, 1943. Bachelor of Laws, 1944).
Yale Law School (Juris Scientiae Doctor,1947).
Worked at Trias & Melendez. Admitted to the bar, 1945, Puerto Rico and United States. District Court, District of Puerto Rico.
1949, United States.
Court of Appeals, First Circuit and United States. Supreme Court.
Phi Alpha Delta. Author: "El Sistema Judicial de Puerto Rico, 1978".
"Historia Constitucional de Puerto Rico," 4 volumes, 1980-1983.
"Sociedad, Derecho y Justicia, 1985". Member, Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico, 1951-1952.
Attorney General of Puerto Rico, 1953-1957. United States of America Representative, Caribbean Commission, 1954-1956.
Member, Interamerican Juridical Committee, Organization of American States, 1966-1967.
Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, 1974-1985. Member: Bar Association of Puerto Rico. American Bar Association.
Member, Constitutional Convention of Puerto Rico, 1951-1952. Attorney General of Puerto Rico, 1953-1957. United States of America Representative, Caribbean Commission, 1954-1956.
Member, Interamerican Juridical Committee, Organization of American States, 1966-1967.
Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, 1974-1985. Member: Bar Association of Puerto Rico.
American Bar Association.
Married Jane G. Trías(deceased), June 3, 1943. Children: Jose Enrique, Peter James, Arturo Trías, married Viola Orsini.