His mother, Jeannette Ramos Buonomo, is a retired judge of the Puerto Rico Court of Appeals, and his grandfather was Ernesto Ramos Antonini, who for many years was the Speaker (President) of Puerto Rico's House of Representatives.
Also, his aunt was Ivette Ramos Buonomo, a retired professor at University of Puerto Rico's Law School.
Among his more notable opinions as an appellate judge is a 2016 case in which he overturns a Superior Court decision declaring Puerto Rico's Arms Control Law in violation of the United States Constitution's Second Amendment.
He received his bachelor's degree in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1989.
Previously, he had joined the Puerto Rico Department of Justice in January 2001 as Attorney General, a position he held until December 2001.