Salvador Casellas

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

Years in office: 2005 - 2017

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Years in office: 1994 - 2005

Education

Bachelor's

Georgetown College, 1957

Law

University of Puerto Rico School of Law, 1960

Graduate

Harvard Law School, 1961

Personal

Birthplace

San Juan, PR

Salvador E. Casellas was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by PresidentBill Clinton and served on the court until his death on November 22, 2017.^[1]

Early life and education

A native of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Casellas graduated from Georgetown College with his bachelor's degree in 1957, from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law with hisLL.B. in 1960, and from Harvard Law School with hisLL.M. in 1961.^[1]

Military service

Casellas served in the U.S. Army from 1961 to 1962 and in the U.S. Army Reserve judge advocate general corps from 1963 to 1967.^[1]

Professional career

• 1994-2017:United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico

• 2005-2017: Senior judge
• 1994-2005: Judge

• 1977-1994: Private practice, San Juan, Puerto Rico
• 1973-1976: Treasury secretary, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
• 1962-1972: Private practice, San Juan, Puerto Rico^[1]

Judicial career

District of Puerto Rico

Nomination Tracker
Nominee Information
Name: Salvador E. Casellas
Court:United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
Progress
Confirmed 99 days after nomination.
ANominated: June 21, 1994
AABA Rating:Unanimously Qualified
Questionnaire:
AHearing: August 17, 1994
QFRs:(Hover over QFRs to read more)
AReported: September 22, 1994
AConfirmed: September 28, 1994
AVote: Voice vote

Casellas was nominated by PresidentBill Clinton onJune 21, 1994, to a seat on theUnited States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico vacated byJaime Pieras. TheAmerican Bar Association rated CasellasUnanimously Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Casellas' nomination were held before theSenate Judiciary Committee on August 17, 1994, and his nomination was reported by then-U.S. Sen.Joseph Biden (D-Del.) on September 22, 1994. Casellas was confirmed on a voice vote of theU.S. Senate on September 28, 1994, and he received his commission the next day. Casellas elected to takesenior status beginning on June 10, 2005, and he served as a senior federal judge until his death on November 22, 2017.^[1][2][3] Casellas was succeeded in this position by JudgeAida Delgado-Colon.

See also

• United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
• United States Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit

External links

• Judge Casellas' 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  •

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