Given her stellar record and her reputation for fairness, Judge Sotomayor has garnered broad support across partisan and ideological lines, earning glowing praise from colleagues in the judiciary, law enforcement community, academia, and legal profession who know her best. Moreover, her wellreasoned and pragmatic approach to cases will allow litigants to feel, regardless of the outcome, that they were given a fair day in court. Her record and her inspiring personal story indicate that she understands the judiciary’s role in protecting the rights of all Americans, in ensuring equal justice, and in respecting our constitutional values – all within the confines of the law. She has demonstrated a thorough understanding of a wide range of highly complicated legal issues, and has a strong reputation for deciding cases based upon the careful application of the law to the facts of cases. Court of Appeals in 1998.ĭuring her long tenure on the federal judiciary, Judge Sotomayor has participated in thousands of cases, and has authored approximately 400 opinions at the appellate level.
In recognition of her outstanding record as a trial judge, President Bill Clinton elevated her to the U.S. Bush appointed her District Judge for the Southern District of New York. In 1992, on the bipartisan recommendation of her home-state Senators, President George H.W. She then spent eight years as a corporate litigator with the firm of Pavia & Harcourt, where she gained expertise in a wide range of civil law areas such as contracts and intellectual property. After graduating from Yale Law School, where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal, Judge Sotomayor spent five years as a criminal prosecutor in Manhattan. Her legal career further demonstrates her qualifications to serve on our nation’s highest court. Her unique personal background is compelling, and will be both a tremendous asset to her on the Court and a historic inspiration to others. Judge Sotomayor will be an impartial, thoughtful, and highly-respected addition to the Supreme Court. In her seventeen years of service to date as a federal trial and appellate judge, and throughout the course of her entire career, Judge Sotomayor has strongly distinguished herself through her outstanding intellectual credentials and her deep respect for the rule of law, establishing herself beyond question as fully qualified and ready to serve on the Supreme Court. On behalf of the undersigned organizations, we write to express our support for the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. 8, 2009.The Honorable Jeff Sessions, Ranking Memberĭear Chairman Leahy and Ranking Member Sessions: President Barack Obama nominated her as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on May 26, 2009, and she assumed this role Aug. She then served as a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1998–2009. District Court, Southern District of New York, and she served in that role from 1992–1998. She then litigated international commercial matters in New York City at Pavia & Harcourt, where she was an associate and then partner from 1984–1992. She thereafter served as Assistant District Attorney in the New York County District Attorney's Office from 1979–1984. from Yale Law School, where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal.
in 1976 from Princeton University, graduating summa cum laude and receiving the university's highest academic honor.
Supreme Court, was born in Bronx, N.Y., on June 25, 1954. The Beloved World of Sonia Sotomayor - $15 (tax included).My Beloved World - paperback edition - $15 (tax included).
Limited quantities of Justice Sotomayor's other books signed by the author will be available at the event however, these titles cannot be reserved in advance: Payment of $30 (tax included) by cash, check or credit card will be collected at the event. Signed Books Available for PurchaseĪttendees can purchase signed copies of Justice Sotomayor's New York Times best-selling memoir, My Beloved World, which should be reserved in advance. Justice Sotomayor also will receive the Honorable Carol Los Mansmann Award for Distinguished Public Service, presented in partnership with the Western Pennsylvania Chapter of the Federal Bar Association. Thank you for your interest we hope to see you at the next special event on campus.ĭuring this special event, Justice Sonia Sotomayor will participate in a conversation with Duquesne University President Ken Gormley and U.S.
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