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Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz
Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz (1926-present) was a federal judge on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He joined the court in 1980 after an appointment from Jimmy Carter. At the time of his appointment, Gierbolini-Ortiz was a private practice attorney in Puerto Rico. He served as chief judge from 1991-1993. He assumed senior status on December 27, 1993, and continued in that post until his retirement on March 23, 2004. He passed away on December 29, 2009.[1]
Early life and education
- University of Puerto Rico, B.A., 1957
- University of Puerto Rico Law School, LL.B., 1961[1]
Military service
He enlisted in the 65th Regiment after high school, serving during World War II in Hawaii. He served fron 1943-1946, earning the rank fo Sergeant. He returned to college and participated in ROTC. He was recalled to active duty in 1961 to serve in Korea as a Second Lieutenant. After the war, he served in Germany and later Georgia, leaving the army in 1957 with the rank of Captain.[2]
Personal career
He married Eli Rodriguez with whom he had one son, Gilberto. She passed away in 1963. He remarried on July 7, 1967 to Migdalia Cordova-Picorelli, with whom he had two daughters, Amarillys and Lynette.[2]
Professional career
- Assistant U.S. attorney for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1961-1966
- Judge, Superior Court, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1966-1969
- Assistant secretary of justice and commonwealth solicitor general, Puerto Rico, 1969-1972
- Assistant commonwealth attorney general for antitrust, Puerto Rico, 1970-1972
- Chairman, State Elections Board, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, 1972
- Private practice, Puerto Rico, 1973-1980[1]
Judicial nominations and appointments
District of Puerto Rico
Gierbolini-Ortiz was nominated by Jimmy Carter on November 30, 1979, to a new seat created by 92 Stat. 1629. He was confirmed by the Senate on February 20, 1980, and received commission that same day. He served as chief judge from 1991-1993. He assumed senior status on December 27, 1993, and continued in that post until his retirement on March 23, 2004.[1]
See also
External links
- Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA |
District of Puerto Rico 1980–1993 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: Daniel Dominguez
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| 1977 |
Ballantine • Bownes • Boyle • Bua • Carr • Clark • Cowan • Daly • Filippine • Higginbotham • Hoeveler • Hug • Johnstone • Kane • Keith • Leval • Logan • MacLaughlin • McKay • Melton • Merritt • Murphy • Nickerson • Oberdorfer • Roszkowski • Roy • Rubin • Sifton • Tang • Vance • Veron | ||
| 1978 |
Arnold • Baker • Boyle • Burns • Campos • Claiborne • Collins • Cook • Devine • Diamond • Duplantier • Edenfield • Friedman • Gonzalez • Greene • Jenkins • Lowe • Mazzone • McMillian • O'Brien • Pfaelzer • Phillips • Pollak • Sand • Shapiro • Simmons • Smith • Sweet • Tanner • Wiseman • Ziegler | ||
| 1979 |
Ackerman • Alarcon • Anderson • Arceneaux • Arnold • Aspen • Beatty • Beer • Belew • Bertelsman • Bilby • N. Black • S. Black • Bloch • Bowen • Brett • Brooks • Brown • Buchmeyer • Bunton • Burciaga • Cabranes • Carr • Carrigan • Castagna • Cire • Clark • Cohn • Conaboy • Cordova • Crabb • Cudahy • Davis • DeAnda • Debevoise • Edwards • Eginton • Ellison • Enslen • O. Evans • T. Evans • Farris • Ferguson • Fletcher • Frye • Garcia • Garza • B. Gibson • H. Gibson • Gierbolini-Ortiz • Giles • Gilliam • Green • Hall • Hastings • Hatchett • Hatfield • Hatter • Hawkins • Henderson • Higby • Hillman • Houck • Howard • Hudspeth • Hungate • F. Johnson • S. Johnson • N. Jones • S. Jones • Karlton • Kazen • Kearse • Keeton • Kehoe • Kennedy • Kidd • King • Kravitch • Loughlin • Martin • McCurn • McDonald • McNaught • McNichols • Mikva • Mitchell • Moran • Murnaghan • Murphy • D. Nelson • D.W. Nelson • Newblatt • Newman • Overton • Paine • Panner • J. Parker • R. Parker • Penn • Perez-Gimenez • Perry • Politz • Poole • Porter • Pregerson • Price • Rambo • Ramirez • Reavley • Redden • E. Reed • S. Reed • Reinhardt • Renner • Robinson • Rothstein • Sachs • Saffels • Sanders • Sarokin • Schroeder • Schwartz • Seay • Senter • Seymour • Shannon • Shaw • Shoob • Skopil • Sloviter • Sofaer • Spellman • Sprouse • Staker • Tate • Taylor • Thompson • Tidwell • Unthank • Vietor • Vining • Wald • Ward • Weinshienk • West • Wicker • Williams • Winder • Woods • Wright • Zobel | ||
| 1980 |
Aguilar • Aldrich • Anderson • Boochever • Breyer • Britt • Cahill • Canby • Carroll • Cerezo • Clemon • S. Ervin • R. Erwin • Getzendanner • Gilmore • Ginsburg • Haltom • Hardy • Henderson • Hobbs • Holschuh • Horton • Howard • Johnson • Keep • Kelly • Kenyon • Kocoras • Marquez • Marshall • Michael • Nixon • Norris • Patel • Polozola • Propst • Quackenbush • Ramsey • Rice • Shadur • Spiegel • Tashima • Thompson • Vela • White • Williams | ||
| 1981 | |||
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 District of Puerto Rico Bios
