María Antongiorgi-Jordán

María Antongiorgi-Jordán
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 1, 2022
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byGustavo Gelpí
Personal details
Born
María del Rocio Antongiorgi

1967 (age 56–57)
San Germán, Puerto Rico
EducationSeton Hill University (BA)
Interamerican University of Puerto Rico (JD)
Georgetown University (LLM)

María del Rocio Antongiorgi-Jordán (born 1967)[1] is an American attorney who is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.[2]

Education

Antongiorgi-Jordán earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Seton Hill University in 1989, a Juris Doctor from the Interamerican University of Puerto Rico School of Law in 1992, and a Master of Laws from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1994.

Career

From 1995 to 2018, Antongiorgi-Jordán was a partner at McConnell Valdés in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Antongiorgi-Jordán started her career as an attorney in 1995, and later became a Capital Member of the Labor and Employment Law Practice Group. From 2018 to 2019, she was the chief deputy clerk for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. From 2019 to 2022, she served as chief clerk.[3]

Federal judicial service

On June 15, 2022, President Joe Biden nominated Antongiorgi-Jordán to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. President Biden nominated Antongiorgi-Jordán to the seat vacated by Judge Gustavo Gelpí, who was elevated to the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit on October 19, 2021.[4] On July 13, 2022, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[5] On August 4, 2022, her nomination was reported out of committee by a 14–8 vote.[6] On November 14, 2022, the United States Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 51–43 vote.[7] On November 15, 2022, her nomination was confirmed by a 55–43 vote.[8] She received her judicial commission on December 1, 2022,[9] and was sworn in on the same day.[10]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved July 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "President Biden Names Nineteenth Round of Judicial Nominees". The White House. June 15, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  3. ^ "María Antongiorgi Jordán, Esq. selected as new Clerk of Court for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico". Microjuris al Día (in Spanish). July 12, 2019. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  4. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate" (Press release). Washington, D.C.: The White House. June 15, 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
  5. ^ "Nominations". Washington, D.C.: United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. July 12, 2022.
  6. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – August 4, 2022" (PDF). United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary. Retrieved August 4, 2022.
  7. ^ "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture: Maria del R. Antongiorgi-Jordan to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico)". United States Senate. November 14, 2022. Retrieved November 14, 2022.
  8. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Maria del R. Antongiorgi-Jordan, of Puerto Rico, to be United States District Judge for the District of Puerto Rico)". United States Senate. November 15, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  9. ^ María Antongiorgi-Jordán at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  10. ^ "Judge María Antongiorgi-Jordán Sworn in as United States District Judge" (PDF). prd.uscourts.gov (Press release). December 1, 2022. Retrieved May 28, 2023.
Legal offices
Preceded by Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
2022–present 		Incumbent