Silvia Luisa Carreño-Coll (born 1963)United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Questionnaire for Judicial Nominees: Silvia Carreño-Coll is a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Education
Carreño-Coll earned her Bachelor of Arts, cum laude, from Emerson College and her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Puerto Rico School of Law."President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees and United States Marshal Nominee" White House, August 28, 2019
Career
Carreño-Coll served as Associate Regional Counsel for Caribbean Programs in the United States Environmental Protection Agency and as an Assistant United States Attorney in the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Puerto Rico. She teaches a federal practice seminar at the University of Puerto Rico School of Law and is a member of the Federal Bar District Examination Committee.
Federal judicial service
Carreño-Coll served as a United States magistrate judge for the District of Puerto Rico from 2011 to 2020.
On August 28, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Carreño-Coll to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. She has been nominated to the seat vacated by Judge Jay A. García-Gregory, who assumed senior status on September 30, 2018. On October 15, 2019, her nomination was sent to the United States Senate."Twenty-five Nominations and Three Withdrawals Sent to the Senate" White House, October 15, 2019 On October 16, 2019, a hearing on her nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for October 16, 2019 Resident Commissioner of Puerto Rico Jenniffer González has announced her support of the nomination. On November 7, 2019, her nomination was reported out of committee by a voice vote. On February 25, 2020, the Senate invoked cloture on her nomination by a 96–1 vote. Her nomination was confirmed later that day by a 96–0 vote. She received her judicial commission on February 26, 2020. She was sworn in on March 2, 2020.
See also List of Hispanic and Latino American jurists
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