Carlos Dávila Dávila

After a brief stint at a law firm, he began working for one of the islands' most prominent attorneys, former Gov.

After five years there, while arguing a case before the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico, he caught the eye of Justice Angel De Jesus, for whom he served as a law clerk until the judge's demise on April 30, 1951 when he suffered a massive heart attack in his chambers at the Capitol.

[2] Dávila served as an advisor to the Puerto Rico Constitutional Assembly that drafted the islands' Constitution, was appointed Deputy Solicitor General by Governor Muñoz, he served as the first Director of the Office of Legislative Services of Puerto Rico between 1954 and 1961, appointed as such by Senate President Samuel R. Quiñones and House Speaker Ernesto Ramos Antonini, until he was appointed to the bench by Governor Luis Muñoz Marín on June 1, 1961, when the court expanded from 7 to 9 members.

He became close to Muñoz while helping draft the Popular Democratic Party platform for the 1956 general elections.

His son and namesake, Carlos Dávila Vélez is a former Superior Court judge, and his daughter, The Hon.