Frank Montalvo
| Frank Montalvo | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Western District of Texas | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #13 |
| Station: | El Paso, TX |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 08/01/2003 - Present |
| Preceded by: | 116 Stat. 1758 |
| Past post: | Texas District 288, Judge |
| Past term: | 1995 - 2003 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1956 |
| Home State: | Bayamon, PR |
| Bachelors: | U. of Puerto Rico, B.S., 1976 |
| Law School: | Wayne State U. Law, J.D., 1985 |
| Grad. School: | U. of Michigan, M.S., 1977 |
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Frank Montalvo is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. He joined the court in 2003 after being nominated by President George W. Bush. [1]
Early life and education
Born in Puerto Rico, Montalvo graduated from University of Puerto Rico with his Bachelor's Degreee in 1976 and later earned his Master's Degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor in 1977 and later graduated from the Wayne State University Law School in Detroit with his Juris Doctorate Degeree in 1985 Before entering into the legal profession Motlavo was an Engineer for General Motors from 1983 to 1988.[1]
Professional career
Montlavo began his legal career as a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Texas from 1988 to 1994. During his private practice tenure Montlavo worked for the San Antonio based law firms of Groce, Locke & Hebdon and Ball & Weed. In 1995, Montlavo became a district court judge for the 288th Judicial District Court of Texas based in Bexar County from 1995 to 2003.[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Texas
On the unanimous recommendation of Texas U.S. Senators Kay Bailey-Hutchinson and John Cornyn, Montlavo was nominated by President George W. Bush on May 1, 2003 to a new seat created by 116 Stat. 1758 which was approved by Congress. Montlavo was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 31, 2003 on a senate vote in which the Senate voted uncontested 95 to 0 to confirm Montlavo[2]. Montlavo received commission on August 1, 2003.[1]
Awards and associations
Notable cases
Judicial philosophy
See also
External links
- Judge Montlavo's Home page at the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- The Robing Room- Rate Judge Montalvo
- Judge Montalvo's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: NA-New Seat |
Western District of Texas 2003–Current Seat #13 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 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 | ||
