Juan Ramon Sánchez
Juan Ramon Sánchez (born December 22, 1955) is the Chief United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
Juan Ramon Sánchez | |
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| Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office August 1, 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Lawrence F. Stengel |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania | |
| Assumed office June 24, 2004 | |
| Appointed by | George W. Bush |
| Preceded by | Jay Waldman |
| Judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Chester County | |
| In office 1998 – June 2004 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Juan Ramon Sánchez December 22, 1955[1] Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, U.S. |
| Education | City College of New York (BA) University of Pennsylvania Law School (JD) |
Education and career
Born in Vega Baja, Puerto Rico, Sánchez received a Bachelor of Arts degree from City College of New York in 1978 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in 1981. He was a Staff attorney of Legal Aid of Chester County, Pennsylvania, from 1981 to 1983. He was in private practice in West Chester, Pennsylvania, from 1983 to 1984, and was then an attorney for the County of Chester Public Defender's Office from 1984 to 1997. He was a judge on the Court of Common Pleas for Chester County from 1998 to 2004.
Federal judicial service
On November 25, 2003, Sánchez was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania vacated by Jay Waldman. Sánchez was confirmed by the United States Senate on June 23, 2004, and received his commission on June 24, 2004.
On August 1, 2018, Sánchez became the first Latino chief judge of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, due to the announced retirement of Lawrence F. Stengel.[2]
References
- Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First Session, Part 6
- "New chief judge named for U.S. District Court". August 2, 2018. Archived from the original on October 31, 2019. Retrieved August 10, 2018.
External links
- Juan Ramon Sánchez at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
| Legal offices | ||
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| Preceded by Jay Waldman |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 2004–present |
Incumbent |
| Preceded by Lawrence F. Stengel |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania 2018–present | |
