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Sonia Sotomayor
Associate Justice, Supreme Court of the United States. Active service.
Confirmed 68 to 31Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- June 1, 2009
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- July 16, 2009
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 28, 2009
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 68 to 31
- Confirmed
- August 6, 2009
- Commissioned
- August 6, 2009
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1954, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Appointed by William J. Clinton; commissioned ; Senate vote 68 to 28. Service ended August 8, 2009: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. Appointed by George H.W. Bush; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended October 13, 1998: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Assistant district attorney, New York County, New York, 1979-1984
- Private practice, New York City, 1984-1992
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