Jay A. García-Gregory
Jay A. García-Gregory | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | |
Assumed office September 30, 2018 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico | |
In office July 11, 2000 – September 30, 2018 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Raymond L. Acosta |
Succeeded by | Silvia Carreño-Coll |
Personal details | |
Born | San Juan, Puerto Rico | September 19, 1944
Education | Assumption College (AB) Complutense University of Madrid (MA) University of Puerto Rico School of Law (LLB) |
Jay Alonso De La Torre García-Gregory (born September 19, 1944)[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Education and career
[edit]Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, García-Gregory received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Assumption College in 1966, a Master of Arts from the University of Madrid in 1969, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law in 1972. He was a law clerk for Judge Hiram Rafael Cancio and Judge José Victor Toledo of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1974. He was in private practice in Puerto Rico from 1974 to 2000.[2]
Federal judicial service
[edit]On April 5, 2000, García-Gregory was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico vacated by Raymond L. Acosta. García-Gregory was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 16, 2000,[3] and received his commission on July 11, 2000. He assumed senior status on September 30, 2018.
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, on Confirmation of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, May 25, June 15, July 12, and July 25, 2000. U.S. Government Printing Office. 2001. p. 165.
- ^ "President Clinton nominates Jay A. Garcia-Gregory to the federal bench". National Archives. April 5, 2000. Retrieved March 4, 2021.
- ^ "PN953 - Nomination of Jay A. Garcia-Gregory for The Judiciary, 106th Congress (1999-2000)". www.congress.gov. June 16, 2000. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
Sources
[edit]- Jay A. García-Gregory at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Assumption University (Worcester) alumni
- Complutense University of Madrid alumni
- Hispanic and Latino American judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
- United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
- University of Puerto Rico alumni
- Lawyers from San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 20th-century American judges
- 21st-century American judges
- Puerto Rican judges
- Hispanic and Latino American lawyers