Sonia Sotomayor
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| Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States | |
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Assumed office August 8, 2009 |
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| Nominated by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | David Souter |
| Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit | |
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In office October 7, 1998 – August 6, 2009 |
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| Nominated by | Bill Clinton |
| Preceded by | Daniel Mahoney |
| Succeeded by | Raymond Lohier |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York | |
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In office August 12, 1992 – October 7, 1998 |
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| Nominated by | George H. W. Bush |
| Preceded by | John Walker |
| Succeeded by | Victor Marrero |
| Personal details | |
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Sonia Maria Sotomayor June 25, 1954 New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Political party |
Democratic (Before 2009) Independent (2009–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Kevin Noonan (m. 1976; div. 1983) |
| Education |
Princeton University (BA) Yale University (JD) |
Sonia Maria Sotomayor (/ˈsoʊnjə ˈsoʊtəˌmaɪər/, Spanish: [ˈsonja sotomaˈʝor]; born June 25, 1954) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, serving since August 2009. She has the distinction of being its first justice of Hispanic heritage, the first Latina, its third female justice, and its twelfth Roman Catholic justice. Sotomayor, along with John Roberts and Elena Kagan, is one of the youngest justices on the Supreme Court.
Sotomayor was born in The Bronx, New York City, to Puerto Rican-born parents. Her father died when she was nine, and she was subsequently raised by her mother. Sotomayor graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University in 1976 and received her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979, where she was an editor at the Yale Law Journal. She was an advocate for the hiring of Latino faculty at both schools. She worked as an assistant district attorney in New York for four and a half years before entering private practice in 1984. She played an active role on the boards of directors for the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, the State of New York Mortgage Agency, and the New York City Campaign Finance Board.
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