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Nitza Ileana Quiñones Alejandro
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania · 2013
Nitza Ileana Quiñones Alejandro , Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Nitza Ileana Quiñones Alejandro (born January 1951) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Quiñones Alejandro is the first lesbian Latina to be appointed to serve as a federal judge.
Education
- University of Puerto Rico, School of Business AdministrationB.B.A., 1972
- University of Puerto Rico School of LawJ.D., 1975
Career
Staff attorney, Community Legal Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1975-1977; Attorney advisor, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977-1979; Staff attorney, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1979-1991; Private practice, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1991; Judge, Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County [Pennsylvania], 1991-2013
Biography
Nitza Ileana Quiñones Alejandro (born January 1951) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Quiñones Alejandro is the first lesbian Latina to be appointed to serve as a federal judge.
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