Wednesday, October 04, 2023

Federal Bar Association celebrates Judge Cecilia Altonaga, our first female Cuban American judge

Check out this cool article here.  

“I was born into a family with two parents who had to leave everything behind and had nothing here, who had to remake their professional and personal lives,” Altonaga said. “My father was a lawyer in Cuba, and for about the first 10 years of my life in the United States, he did not practice law because he couldn’t.” 

I really enjoyed the video, which was very well done:

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Wasnt Lenore Nesbitt the first Hispanic Judge?

Anonymous said...

She was

Anonymous said...

This is not from the federal bar association. This was published by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Two different entities.