Juan Fernandez-Badillo

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Years in office: 1972 - 1989

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Years in office: 1967 - 1972

Education

Bachelor's

Puerto Rico University, 1942

Law

University of Puerto Rico School of Law, 1945

Personal

Birthplace

Puerto Rico

Juan B. Fernandez-Badillo (1912-1989) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He joined the court in 1967 after an appointment fromLyndon Johnson. At the time of his appointment, he was the Commonwealth Solicitor General of Puerto Rico. He assumedsenior status onJune 30, 1972, and served in that capacity until his death onOctober 16, 1989.^[1]

Early life and education

• Diploma of Theology, Puerto Rico Evangelical School of International Theology, 1933
• University of Puerto Rico, B.A., 1942
• University of Puerto Rico Law School, LL.B., 1945^[1]
• Masters of Theology, Puerto Rico Evangelical School of International Theology, 1974^[2]

Personal life

He married Monsita Marrero, with whom he had two daughters, Myrtelina and Diana. He was a practicing minister in the Puerto Rican Evangelical Seminary and in the town of Moca, Puerto Rico.^[2]

Professional career

• Assistant commonwealth attorney general, Puerto Rico, 1947-1952
• Acting commonwealth attorney general, Puerto Rico, 1952-1953
• Deputy commonwealth attorney general, Puerto Rico, 1953-1956
• Commonwealth attorney general, Puerto Rico, 1957-1958
• Acting commonwealth governor, Puerto Rico, 1958
• Commonwealth solicitor general of Puerto Rico, 1959-1967^[1]

Judicial career

District of Puerto Rico

Fernandez-Badillo was nominated byLyndon B. Johnson on September 18, 1967, to a new seat created by 80 Stat. 764, which provided that future judicial appointments to the U.S. District Court for Puerto Rico would hold office during good behavior. This appointment was made upon the resignation ofHiram Cancio from a fixed-term appointment to the court; he was confirmed by the Senate on October 12, 1967, and received commission onthat same day. He assumedsenior status onJune 30, 1972, and served in that capacity until his death onOctober 16, 1989. Fernandez-Badillo was succeeded in this position byHernan Pesquera.^[1]

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

External links

• Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Active judges	Chief Judge: Raúl Arias-Marxuach  •  Aida Delgado-Colon  •  Silvia Carreno-Coll  •  Pedro A. Delgado Hernández  •  María Antongiorgi-Jordán  •  Gina Méndez-Miró  •  Camille Vélez-Rivé
Senior judges	Daniel Dominguez (Puerto Rico)  •  Jay Garcia-Gregory  •  Francisco Besosa  •
Magistrate judges	Bruce McGiverin  •  Marcos Lopez-Gonzalez  •  Giselle Lopez Soler  •  Marshal Morgan  •
Former Article III judges	Jose Fuste  •  Jaime Pieras  •  Raymond Acosta (Puerto Rico)  •  Salvador Casellas  •  Carmen Cerezo  •  Gustavo Gelpí  •  Juan Torruella  •  Hiram Cancio  •  Juan Fernandez-Badillo  •  Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz  •  Hector Laffitte  •  Juan Perez-Gimenez  •  Hernan Pesquera  •  Jose Toledo  •  William Henry Holt  •  Charles Francis McKenna  •  Bernard Shandon Rodey  •  John James Jenkins  •  Paul Charlton  •  Peter Joseph Hamilton  •  Arthur Fuller Odlin  •  Ira Kent Wells  •  Robert Archer Cooper  •  David Chavez Jr.  •  Thomas Hagan Roberts  •  Clemente Ruiz Nazario  •
Former Chief judges	Jose Fuste  •  Carmen Cerezo  •  Gustavo Gelpí  •  Juan Torruella  •  Hiram Cancio  •  Gilberto Gierbolini-Ortiz  •  Hector Laffitte  •  Juan Perez-Gimenez  •  Hernan Pesquera  •  Jose Toledo  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byLyndon Johnson
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1965	Bryant •Celebrezze •Coffin •Coleman •Collinson •Corcoran •Doyle •Eubanks •Fortas •Frankel •Gasch •Gibson •Gordon •Harris •Hemphill •Hill •Hunter •Landis •Langley •Leventhal •Maxwell •McEntee •Mehrtens •Nichol •Reynolds •Russell •Smith •Tamm •Thornberry •Young
1966	Ainsworth •Atkins •Boyle •Cabot •Cassibry •Copple •Craven •Cummings •Dyer •Fairchild •Feinberg •Ferguson •Fullam •Garrity •Godbold •Goldberg •Goodwin •Gray •Guinn •Harvey •Hauk •Heaney •Heebe •Hickey •Hogan •Kaufman •Kinneary •Krentzman •Lay •Leddy •Lord •Lynch •MacKenzie •Mansfield •McCree •McRae •Mitchell •Motley •Napoli •Nichols •Noland •Peck II •Peckham •Pettine •Pittman •Porter •Real •Roberts •Robinson •Robinson •Rubin •Russell •Scott •Seals •Seitz •Simpson •Singleton •Skelton •Smith •Smith •Taylor •Thomas •von der Heydt •Watson •Winter • Wise
1967	Arnow •Beckworth •Belloni •Butzner •Cancio •Carter •Clayton •Combs •Comiskey •Curtin •Eaton •Edenfield •Fernandez-Badillo •Gesell •Gordon •Jones •Keith •Kellam •Lambros •Maletz •Marshall •Masterson •Merhige •Morgan •Murray •Neville •Pollack •Pregerson •Theis •Troutman •Van Dusen •Waddy •Weiner •Weinstein •Whipple •Williams
1968	Aldisert •Baldwin •Bownes •Bright •Green •Gubow •Henderson •Holloway •Hufstedler •Judd •Justice •Keady •Kerner, Jr. •Lasker •Latchum •Lawrence •McMillan •Morgan •Newman •Nixon •Pratt •Re •Rosenstein •Schwartz •Smith •Stahl •Travia •Woodward