Sonia Sotomayor

Sonia Sotomayor is a judge on the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

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She was born in 1954 in The Bronx, New York.

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1954 - The Bronx - New York

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After graduating with a B.A. from Princeton University in 1976, she obtained her J.D. from Yale Law School in 1979.

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B.A. - Princeton University - 1976 - J.D. - Yale Law School - 1979

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Sotomayor then served as an Assistant District Attorney for the New York County District Attorney's Office until 1984, when she entered private practice in New York City.

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District Attorney - New York County - 1984

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On November 27, 1991, she was nominated by President George H.W. Bush to a seat on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by John M. Walker, Jr. (the president's cousin.) She was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 11, 1992, and received commission the next day.

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1991 - George H.W. Bush - U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York - John M. Walker, Jr. - United States Senate - 1992

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On March 30, 1995, she issued the preliminary injunction against Major League Baseball, preventing MLB from unilaterally implementing a new Collective Bargaining Agreement and using replacement players, thus ending the 1994 baseball strike.

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1995 - Major League Baseball - Collective Bargaining Agreement - Replacement players - 1994 baseball strike

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On June 25, 1997, she was nominated by President Bill Clinton to the seat she now holds, which was vacated by J. Daniel Mahoney.

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1997 - Bill Clinton - J. Daniel Mahoney

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