Supreme Court of Virginia
Raquel Perez-Lopez is an experienced Program Manager and Staff Interpreter at the Supreme Court of Virginia since June 2013, recognized for successfully managing priorities and deadlines in challenging environments while overseeing a team of over 50 interpreters across twenty-four state courts in Hampton Roads, Virginia. Prior to this role, Raquel operated as a Freelance Spanish Interpreter and Translator, contributing to public health education initiatives, and served as the Hispanic Marketing Program Manager for Liberty Tax Service, where a Spanish language national marketing strategy was developed. Other positions include Bilingual Sales Project Specialist at SteelMaster Buildings, Corporate and Intellectual Property Paralegal at Willcox & Savage, P.C., and a Spanish Instructor at Nansemond River High School. Raquel holds multiple degrees including Master of Arts in Applied Linguistics and Spanish and Iberian Studies from Old Dominion University, and has completed various professional development courses in language interpretation and court management.
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Supreme Court of Virginia
The Supreme Court of Virginia is one of the oldest continuous judicial bodies in the United States. Its roots are deep in the English legal system dating to the early seventeenth century as part of the Charter of 1606 under which Jamestown, the first permanent English settlement in North America, was established. In 1623.[For more information, see http://www.courts.state.va.us/courts/cib.pdf]. Assisting the Chief Justice in administration of the judicial branch, the Executive Secretary of the Supreme Court (the state court administrator) is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of the Supreme Court. Through its twelve departments, the Office of the Executive Secretary (OES) provides administrative assistance to the Supreme Court and all local state courts and magistrates’ offices in the judicial system.