Her Supreme Court robe, with embroidery inherited from her mother—a former appellate judge—hangs near her desk at the Office of Court Administration. It is not yet time to stop wearing it, says Chief Justice Maite Oronoz Rodríguez, who maintains a staunch defense of her powers while highlighting the “transformative changes” she has championed over the past decade at the helm of the Judiciary, despite fiscal cuts and natural disasters.