Jimmie V. Reyna
| Jimmie V. Reyna | |
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| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | |
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Assumed office April 5, 2011 |
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| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Haldane Robert Mayer |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Jimmie V. Reyna November 11, 1952 Tucumcari, New Mexico |
| Education |
University of Rochester B.A. University of New Mexico School of Law J.D. |
Jimmie V. Reyna (born November 11, 1952) is an American lawyer, former president of the Hispanic National Bar Association, and currently a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit. Reyna was nominated to the Federal Circuit on September 29, 2010. When nominated, he received the highest rating possible by the American Bar Association Standing Committee on the Federal Judiciary: "Unanimously Well Qualified." On April 4, 2011, the U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination by a roll-call vote of 86-0.
As of January 1, 2016, Reyna has heard over 820 cases and authored 189 opinions, including 72 precedential opinions and 2 en banc opinions; Reyna authored the en banc opinions in Suprema, Inc. v. Int’l Trade Comm’n, 796 F.3d 1338 (Fed. Cir. 2015) (en banc) and Cloer v. Sec’y of Health & Human Servs., 675 F.3d 1358 (Fed. Cir. 2012) (en banc order).
Reyna's appointment to the federal bench had two historical distinctions: he became both the first Latino and first international trade practitioner to be appointed to the Federal Circuit.
Jimmie Reyna was born on November 11, 1952, in Tucumcari, New Mexico to Julian Calano Reyna and Consuelo Valdenebro Reyna, who were Baptist missionaries. He grew up in Clovis, New Mexico and graduated as valedictorian of his high school class. He was also senior class president, an athletic letterman, and participated in the speech and drama clubs. Throughout high school, Reyna held after-school jobs and worked at night with his father, cleaning offices.
Reyna received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Rochester in 1975 and his Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1978.
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