Curtis Vincent Gómez (born March 26, 1963) is a senior United States district judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands.[1]
Curtis Gómez | |
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.jpg) Gómez in 2012 | |
| Senior Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands | |
| Assumed office April 27, 2020 | |
| Chief Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands | |
| In office January 28, 2005 – August 16, 2013 | |
| Preceded by | Raymond L. Finch |
| Succeeded by | Wilma A. Lewis |
| Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands | |
| In office January 28, 2005 – April 27, 2020 | |
| Nominated by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Thomas K. Moore |
| Succeeded by | Robert A. Molloy |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 26, 1963 Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, U.S. |
| Education | George Washington University (BA) Harvard University (JD) |
Education
editGómez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from George Washington University and his Juris Doctor from the Harvard Law School.[2]
Legal career
editGómez was an attorney with the law firms of Patton Boggs in the District of Columbia, and Dudley, Topper & Feuerzeig in the Virgin Islands. He served as a federal prosecutor in the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands.[2]
Federal judicial service
editOn November 25, 2003, President George W. Bush nominated Gómez to serve a ten-year term as a United States district judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands.[3] On April 4, 2004, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On April 29, 2004, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On November 21, 2004, the full United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.[4] Gómez assumed senior status on April 27, 2020.
References
edit- ^ "Honorable Curtis V. Gomez" (PDF). www.vid.uscourts.gov. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-21. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ a b "Honorable Curtis V. Gomez | District Court of the Virgin Islands |". www.doi.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "Nominations Sent to the Senate". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
- ^ "PN1176 - Nomination of Curtis V. Gomez for The Judiciary, 108th Congress (2003–2004)". www.congress.gov. 2004-11-21. Retrieved 2020-02-25.