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Gustavo Antonio Gelpí, Jr.
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Active service.
Confirmed 52 to 41Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- May 12, 2021
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 23, 2021
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 22, 2021
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 52 to 41
- Confirmed
- October 18, 2021
- Commissioned
- October 19, 2021
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1965, 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.
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Earlier federal judicial service
- Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. Appointed by George W. Bush; commissioned ; confirmed by voice vote. Service ended October 20, 2021: Appointment to Another Judicial Position.
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. Juan M. Pérez-Giménez, U.S. District Court, District of Puerto Rico, 1991-1993
- Assistant federal public defender, District of Puerto Rico, 1993-1997
- Assistant to the attorney general, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1997
- Deputy attorney general for the office of legal counsel, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1997-1999
- Solicitor general, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1999-2000
- Special litigation counsel, McConnell Valdes, 2001
- Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2021
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