Sonia Sotomayor Essay

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May 26, 2009 was a day of history. Not many people know or even care about this day, but it was the very first day a Latina was nominated for the Supreme Court. That very woman made a huge impact in the United States of America but not many people show her the respect she deserves, that very woman is Sonia Maria Sotomayor. Sonia Sotomayor was born on the 25th of June in 1954. Sotomayor grew up in the Bronx of New York, her parents(Juan and Celina Baez Sotomayor )were Puerto Rican Descents that had moved to New York City to raise their children.Sotomayor was the elder of her younger sibling Juan Sotomayor. Since Mrs. Sotomayor was a nurse at a methadone clinic and her father was a tool-and-die worker the Sotomayor's lived on a compact …show more content…

After Sonia passed the bar she immediately started as an assistant direct attorney in Manhattan working as trial lawyer under the supervision of Robert Morgenthau. Sotomayor was responsible for prosecuting robbery, assault, murder, police brutality and child pornography cases. In 1984, Sotomayor entered private practice, being a partner at the commercial litigation firm Pavia & Harcourt, she specialized in intellectual property litigation. She moved from associate to partner at the firm in 1988. While she climbed the charts, Sotomayor also worked on the board of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund, the New York City Campaign Finance Board and the State of New York Mortgage Agency. Sotomayor's work at these agencies caught the eyes of the Senators Ted Kennedy and Daniel Patrick Moynihan, who were responsible for all of her actions as District Court Judge for the Southern District of New York City. President George H.W. Bush nominated her for the position in 1992, that was confirmed by the Senate on August 11, 1992. When she joined the court, she was its youngest judge. On her 43rd birthday, June 25, 1997, she was nominated for the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals by President Bill Clinton. She was confirmed by the Senate that

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