U.S. Circuit Judge
United States Court of Appeals
Eleventh Circuit
 Born:
Havana, Cuba
Date of Appointment:
February 15, 2012
Entered on Duty:
February 24, 2012
Education:
University of Miami, B.A., 1984
University of Miami, J.D., 1987

Previous Employment:
U.S. District Court Judge, Southern District of Florida, 1999 – 2012
United States Attorney, chief, Appellate Division, Southern District of Florida, 1998-1999
United States Attorney, deputy chief, Appellate Division, Southern District of Florida, 1996-1998
Assistant United States Attorney, Southern District of Florida, 1994-1996
Adjunct professor, University of Miami School of Law, 1990-present
Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, Florida, 1989-1994
Law clerk, Hon. Sandra Day O'Connor, Supreme Court of the United States, 1988-1989
Law clerk, Hon. Thomas Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, 1987-1988