The jury for the Pelayo Prize, which is chaired by Antonio Garrigues Walker, has decided to award the award for the XXVIII edition to María Luisa Segoviano for her intense, committed and extensive dedication to the world of labor law and social security, from teaching and the magistracy. The prize, which is endowed with 30,000 euros exempt from taxes, thus recognizes her long and fruitful career in the legal field and her contribution to Spanish society.
Born in Valladolid in 1950, Segoviano is a magistrate of the Supreme Court having taken office in 2006. Since 2020 she has been president of the Fourth Chamber of the Supreme Court, being the first woman to hold the presidency of a chamber of the High Court.
Prior to passing through the Supreme, the recent winner of the Pelayo Award, held the positions of First Instance magistrate in Bilbao from 1987 to 1989, and Social Justice magistrate-judge in Valladolid until 1996. In addition, she was president of the Chamber of Social Law of the Superior Court of Justice of Castilla y León between 1997 and 2006.
On this occasion, the award has once again gone to a woman, making merit of the important work carried out in the world of the judiciary, which doubles the value of this recognition as it is the winners’ list of winners during the twenty-seven editions of the award. mostly male.
With the Award Winner of this Edition, there are already 28 Jurists of recognized prestige awarded: Mr. Fernando Sánchez Calero-Professor of Commercial Law, Mr. Enrique Ruiz Vadillo-Magistrate of the Constitutional Court, Mr. Rafael Martínez Emperador-Magistrate of the Supreme Court , Mr. Eduardo García de Enterría y Martínez Carande-Professor of Administrative Law, Mr. Aurelio Menéndez Menéndez-Professor of Commercial Law, Mr. Manuel Alonso Olea-Professor of Labor Law and Social Security, Mr. Fernando Garrido Falla- Magistrate of the Constitutional Court, Mr. Manuel Jiménez de Parga y Cabrera-President of the Constitutional Court, Mr. Landelino Lavilla Alsina-Permanent Counselor of State, Mr. Manuel Albaladejo García-Professor of Civil Law, Mr. Manuel Díez de Velasco-Professor of International Law and Elective Counselor of the Council of State, Ms. María Emilia Casas Baamonde-President of the Constitutional Court, Mr. Miguel Herrero and Rodríguez de Miñón-Letr Mayor of the Council of State, Mr. Joaquín Ruiz-Giménez Cortés-First Ombudsman of Spain, Mr. Juan Antonio Xiol Ríos-President of Chamber I of the Supreme Court, Mr. Gregorio Peces-Barba Martínez-Professor of Philosophy of the Law, Mr. Francisco Rubio Llorente-President of the Council of State, Mr. Juan Antonio Ortega Díaz-Ambrona-Elective Councilor of State and former Minister of the UCD, Mr. Miguel Rodríguez-Piñero y Bravo-Ferrer-Permanent Councilor and President of the Second Section of the Council of State, Mr. Manuel Olivencia Ruiz-Emeritus Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Seville, Mr. Fernando Ledesma Bartret-Magistrate of the 3rd Chamber of the Supreme Court, Mr. Eduardo Torres-Dulce Lifante -former Attorney General of the State, Mr. Antonio Hernández-Gil Álvarez-Cienfuegos – Professor of Civil Law and Academic of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation, Ms. Encarnación Roca Trías- Vice President of the Constitutional Court and Professor of Civil Law il, Mr. Antonio Garrigues Walker- Honorary President of Garrigues Lawyers and Tax Advisors, Mr. Tomás de la Quadra-Salcedo Fernández del Castillo- Professor of Administrative Law at the Carlos III University and Ms. Araceli Mangas Martín – Professor of Public International Law and International Relations.