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James Alan Soto
Judge, U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona. Senior status since July 1, 2024.
Confirmed 93 to 1Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Barack Obama
- Nominated
- January 6, 2014
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- January 28, 2014
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 27, 2014
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 93 to 1
- Confirmed
- May 15, 2014
- Commissioned
- June 9, 2014
- Senior status
- Since July 1, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1950, 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.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Arizona National Guard, 1971-1977
- Deputy city attorney (part-time), Nogales, Arizona, 1975-1983
- Town attorney (part-time), Patagonia, Arizona, 1975-1992
- Private practice, Nogales, Arizona, 1975-2001
- Deputy county attorney (part-time), Santa Cruz County, Arizona, 1979
- Presiding judge, Arizona Superior Court, Santa Cruz County, 2001-2014
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