Overview
- The CGPJ plenary on July 23 appointed María Teresa Cortizas González-Criado to lead the Audiencia Provincial de A Coruña and Jacinto José Pérez Benítez to head the Audiencia Provincial de Pontevedra.
- Both jurists assume their roles today with directives to apply Organic Law 1/25 on justice efficiency and drive court digitalization.
- Cortizas brings over three decades of experience, having specialized in gender-violence cases and held key roles in equality and victims’ assistance bodies.
- Pérez Benítez, a commercial law specialist since 1995, plans to reinforce legal security through technological upgrades and enhanced transparency.
- These moves cap a CGPJ initiative to modernize Galicia’s judiciary and rebuild citizen confidence through open practices and stronger victim safeguards.