Curtis V. Gómez

Curtis Vincent Gómez is a Senior United States District Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands.[1]

Curtis Gómez
Senior Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands
Assumed office
April 27, 2020
Chief Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands
In office
January 28, 2005 – August 16, 2013
Preceded byRaymond Finch
Succeeded byWilma A. Lewis
Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands
In office
January 28, 2005 – April 27, 2020
Nominated byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byThomas Moore
Succeeded byRobert A. Molloy
Personal details
Born (1953-03-26) March 26, 1953
Saint Croix, Virgin Islands, U.S.
EducationGeorge Washington University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Education

Gómez earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from George Washington University and his Juris Doctor from the Harvard Law School.[2]

Gómez was an attorney with the law firms of Patton Boggs in the District of Columbia, and Dudley, Topper & Feuerzeig in the Virgin Islands. He served as a federal prosecutor in the Office of the United States Attorney for the District of the Virgin Islands.[2]

Federal judicial service

On November 25, 2003, President George W. Bush nominated Gómez to serve a ten-year term as a United States District Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands.[3] On April 4, 2004, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee. On April 29, 2004, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On November 21, 2004, the full United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.[4] Gómez assumed senior status on April 27, 2020.

References
  1. "Honorable Curtis V. Gomez" (PDF). www.vid.uscourts.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  2. "Honorable Curtis V. Gomez | District Court of the Virgin Islands |". www.doi.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  3. "Nominations Sent to the Senate". georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
  4. "PN1176 - Nomination of Curtis V. Gomez for The Judiciary, 108th Congress (2003-2004)". www.congress.gov. 2004-11-21. Retrieved 2020-02-25.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Thomas Moore		 Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands
2005–2020		 Succeeded by
Robert A. Molloy
Preceded by
Raymond Finch		 Chief Judge of the District Court of the Virgin Islands
2005–2013		 Succeeded by
Wilma A. Lewis
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