Eduardo Robreno
| Eduardo Robreno | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #9 |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H. W. Bush |
| Active: | 06/30/1992 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Louis Pollak |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1945 |
| Home State: | Havana, Cuba |
| Bachelors: | Westfield State College, B.A., 1967 |
| Law School: | Rutgers U. Law, J.D., 1978 |
| Grad. School: | U. of Massachusetts, M.A., 1969 |
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Robero was the first Cuban-American to become a federal judge in the United States. [1]
Early life and education
Born in Cuba and turned American Citizen, Roberno graduated from Westfield State College with his Bachelor's Degree in 1967 and from the University of Massachusetts with his Master's Degree in 1969 before later graduating from Rutgers (New Jersey) University School of Law with his Juris Doctorate Degree in 1978.[2]
Professional career
Roberno started out his legal career with the U.S. Department of Justice in the Antitrust Division based in Philadelphia from 1978 to 1981. Then Roberno became a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Pennsylvania from 1981 to 1992 and also served as a part-time Lecturer at Rutgers Law School from 1992 to 1996.
Judicial career
Eastern District of Pennsylvania
On the recommendation of Arlen Specter, Roberno was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on November 26, 1991 to a seat vacated by Louis Pollak. Roberno was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on June 26, 1992 on a Senate vote and received commission on June 30, 1992.
Notable cases
Winfrey defamation case settled out of court
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania |
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| On March 15, 2009, Judge Robreno allowed a lawsuit against talk show host Oprah Winfrey to proceed. Nomvuyo Mzamane, the former headmistress of the South Africa Leadership Academy for Girls, sued the Winfrey over statements that made at a 2007 press conference that Mzamane considered defamatory. Winfrey settled the case out of court in March 2010. [3] |
See also
External links
- The Robing Room- Rate Judge Robreno
- Judge Robreno's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
- Philly.com, "Latino Federal Judge Eduardo Robreno [Is 1st Cuban To Be U.S. Jurist," July 28, 1992]
References
- ↑ Philly.com, "Latino Federal Judge Eduardo Robreno [Is 1st Cuban To Be U.S. Jurist," July 28, 1992]
- ↑ Judge Robreno's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
- ↑ Huffington Post, "Oprah Settles South African Headmistress Defamation Suit Out of Court," March 24, 2010
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Louis Pollak |
Eastern District of Pennsylvania 1992–Current |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2001 |
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| 2004 |
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| 2005 |
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| 2006 |
Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
