Sonia Sotomayor
Judge
1954 –
Who is Sonia Sotomayor?
Sonia Maria Sotomayor is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. Sotomayor is the Court's 111th justice, its first Hispanic justice, and its third female justice.
Sotomayor was born in The Bronx, New York City and is of Puerto Rican descent. Her father died when she was nine, and she was subsequently raised by her mother. Sotomayor graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1976 and received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979, where she was an editor at the Yale Law Journal. She was an advocate for the hiring of Latino faculty at both schools. She worked as an assistant district attorney in New York for four and a half years before entering private practice in 1984. She played an active role on the boards of directors for the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, the State of New York Mortgage Agency, and the New York City Campaign Finance Board.
Sotomayor was nominated to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York by President George H. W. Bush in 1991, and her nomination was confirmed in 1992. In 1997, she was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Her nomination was slowed by the Republican majority in the United States Senate, but she was eventually confirmed in 1998. On the Second Circuit, Sotomayor heard appeals in more than 3,000 cases and wrote about 380 opinions. Sotomayor has taught at the New York University School of Law and Columbia Law School.
Famous Quotes:
- I would hope that a wise Latina woman with the richness of her experiences would more often than not reach a better conclusion than a white male who hasn't lived that life.
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- Born
- Jun 25, 1954
The Bronx - Siblings
- Spouses
- Kevin Noonan
(1976 - 1983)
- Kevin Noonan
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Ethnicity
- Puerto Ricans in the United States
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Juris Doctor, Yale Law School
( - 1979) - Bachelor of Arts, Princeton University
( - 1976) - Cardinal Spellman High School
- Juris Doctor, Yale Law School
- Lived in
- The Bronx
- Greenwich Village
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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