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Ignacio Torteya III
Ignacio Torteya III is a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Torteya's service began on January 27, 2014, and his current term expired on January 26, 2022.[1]
Education
Torteya received his B.A. degree in political science from Baylor University in 1992 and J.D. degree from the Baylor University School of Law in 1995.[2]
Career
Torteya began his career in 1995 as an attorney with a San Antonio, Texas, law firm. The following year, he began his clerkship for the late Filemon B. Vela, U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas in Brownsville, Texas. In 1997, he founded The Torteya Law Firm, P.L.L.C. where he worked until his judicial appointment in 2014. He served as an adjunct professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville from 2004 to 2006.[2]
Judicial career
Magistrate judge for the Southern District of Texas
Ignacio Torteya III was appointed to be a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He began service on January 27, 2014, and his current term expired on January 26, 2022.[1]
Brownsville municipal court
Torteya was appointed as an associate municipal judge for the City of Brownsville in 2005, where he served until January 24, 2014.[2]
See also
- United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
External links
Footnotes
Federal courts:
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals • U.S. District Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas • U.S. Bankruptcy Court: Eastern District of Texas, Western District of Texas, Northern District of Texas, Southern District of Texas
State courts:
Texas Supreme Court • Texas Court of Appeals • Texas Court of Criminal Appeals • Texas District Courts • Texas County Courts • Texas County Courts at Law • Texas Statutory Probate Courts • Texas Justice of the Peace Courts
State resources:
Courts in Texas • Texas judicial elections • Judicial selection in Texas
