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Cecilia M. Altonaga
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida · 2003
Cecilia M. Altonaga , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The Senate voted 91–0 on the nomination on May 6, 2003 (Nomination Confirmed). Cecilia María Altonaga (born December 26, 1962) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She was appointed in 2003 by President George W. Bush and is the first Cuban-American woman to be appointed as a chief judge and a federal judge in the United States.
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- United States District Judge for the Southern District of Florida
108th Congress · Nomination Confirmed91–0 · May 6, 2003
Education
- Florida International UniversityB.A., 1983
- Yale Law SchoolJ.D., 1986
Career
Attorney, Dade County [Florida] Attorney's Office, 1986-1987; Law clerk, Hon. Edward B. Davis, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida, 1987-1988; Assistant county attorney, Dade County, Florida, 1988-1996; Judge, Miami-Dade County [Florida] Court, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 1996-1999; Judge, Circuit Court of Florida, Eleventh Judicial Circuit, 1999-2003
Biography
Cecilia María Altonaga (born December 26, 1962) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. She was appointed in 2003 by President George W. Bush and is the first Cuban-American woman to be appointed as a chief judge and a federal judge in the United States.
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