Gustavo Gelpí

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Gustavo Gelpí
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Assumed office
October 19, 2021
Appointed byJoe Biden
Preceded byJuan R. Torruella
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
In office
April 13, 2018 – October 20, 2021
Preceded byAida Delgado-Colon
Succeeded byRaúl M. Arias-Marxuach
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
In office
August 1, 2006 – October 20, 2021
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byHector Manuel Laffitte
Succeeded byvacant
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
In office
2001–2006
Personal details
Born
Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr.

(1965-12-11) December 11, 1965 (age 56)[1]
San Juan, Puerto Rico
EducationBrandeis University (BA)
Suffolk University (JD)

Gustavo Antonio Gelpí Jr. (born December 11, 1965) is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. He is a former chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Early life and career[]

Born in 1965, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gelpí attended high school at Academia del Perpetuo Socorro. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Brandeis University in 1987 and a Juris Doctor from Suffolk University Law School in 1991. He was a law clerk to Juan M. Perez-Gimenez of the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico from 1991 to 1993.[2] Gelpí was then an assistant federal public defender in the Office of the Federal Public Defender from 1993 to 1997. He worked in Puerto Rico's Department of Justice from 1997 to 1999, first as an assistant to the attorney general, and then as assistant attorney general for the office of legal counsel. During Puerto Rico Governor Pedro Rosselló's second term, Gelpí served as Puerto Rico's Solicitor General from 1999 to 2000.[2] He was a special litigation counsel in the law firm of McConnell Valdes from January to June in 2001.[2]

Federal judicial service[]

Magistrate Court service[]

Gelpí served as a United States Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico from 2001 to 2006.[2]

District Court service[]

On April 24, 2006, President George W. Bush nominated Gelpí to a seat on the District of Puerto Rico vacated by Hector M. Laffitte. Gelpí was unanimously confirmed by the United States Senate on July 20, 2006, and received his commission on August 1, 2006. He served as Chief Judge from April 13, 2018 to October 20, 2021.[3] His service on the district court terminated when he was elevated to the court of appeals.

In 2013, Gelpi began serving a term as the president of the Federal Bar Association.[4]

Court of Appeals service[]

On May 12, 2021, President Joe Biden nominated Gelpí to be a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit,[5][6] to the seat vacated by Judge Juan R. Torruella, who died on October 26, 2020.[7] On June 23, 2021, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.[8] On July 22, 2021, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 12–10 vote.[9] On October 18, 2021, Gelpi was confirmed by a vote of 52–41 after the Senate invoked cloture on his nomination on October 7, 2021, by a vote of 54-39.[10] He received his judicial commission on October 19, 2021. He is the second judge of Hispanic origin to serve on the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit and the second judge from Puerto Rico ever to sit on the First Circuit.[11]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Judicial Profile: Hon. Gustavo A. Gelpí, Jr
  2. ^ a b c d United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Gustavo Antonio Gelpí
  3. ^ "Gustavo Gelpí juramenta como juez presidente del Tribunal Federal". elnuevodia.com (in Spanish). April 13, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
  4. ^ Marino, John (September 23, 2013). "Gelpi begins serving as president of the Federal Bar Association". Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  5. ^ "President Biden Announces Third Slate of Judicial Nominees". The White House. May 12, 2021.
  6. ^ "'Tone-deaf': Biden allies in Puerto Rico sound alarm over judicial picks". NBC News.
  7. ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate". The White House. May 12, 2021.
  8. ^ "Nominations | United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
  9. ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – July 22, 2021, Senate Judiciary Committee" (PDF).
  10. ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Gustavo A. Gelpi, of Puerto Rico, to be U.S. Circuit Judge for the First Circuit )". senate.gov. October 18, 2021. Retrieved October 18, 2021.
  11. ^ "Biden Names Puerto Rican Judge for Court of Appeals for the First Circuit". The Weekly Journal. May 12, 2021. Retrieved June 23, 2021.

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Legal offices
Preceded by
Hector Manuel Laffitte
 Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
2006–2021 		Vacant
Preceded by Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
2018–2021 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Juan R. Torruella
 Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
2021–present 		Incumbent
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