The Notre Dame Law Association will award the St. Thomas More
Award to the Hon. Federico A. Moreno (A.B. ’74) on April 12, 2013.
Judge Moreno was born in 1952 in Venezuela, and received his
A.B. from Notre Dame, cum laude, in 1974. After graduation, he worked briefly
as a teacher and then attended the University of Miami Law School, from which
he received his J.D. in 1978.After law school, Judge Moreno was in private
practice, and served indigent clients while employed by the Federal Public
Defender’s Office in Miami. In 1986, Judge Moreno was appointed to the Dade
County Court bench and then to the Circuit Court a year later. President George
H. W. Bush appointed Judge Moreno in 1990 to the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida. He currently serves as Chief Judge for
one of the largest federal courts in the country.
Judge Moreno served on the boards of Legal Services of Greater
Miami, the Cuban American Bar Association’s Pro Bono Program, and the United
Way. He received the Pro Bono Service Award of the Cuban American Bar
Association and the United Way’s “People Helping People” Award. His activities
also include the membership in the Notre Dame Club of Miami and the University
of Miami Law School Alumni, of which he was a Director.
Federico
Moreno has been married for 35 years to his wife, Cris. They have three
children: Cristi, who graduated from Notre Dame Law School and is currently an
Assistant U.S. Attorney; Ricki, who graduated from Notre Dame with a degree in
accounting and received his MBA from Wharton;
and Victoria, who is in her senior year at Notre Dame.
The St. Thomas More Award honors graduates of the University of
Notre Dame “who have distinguished themselves as jurists or public servants,
while exhibiting uncompromising integrity and loyalty to conscience.”
Since instituted by the Notre Dame Law Association in 2000, the
award has been presented two other times: to Rev. Theodore Hesburgh, C.S.C., in
2004, and to Dean Patricia A. O’Hara in 2009.
Congrats!
3 comments:
Well-deserved!
Former AFPD awesome!
All kids to the alma mater - love it
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