Victor Marrero
2010 - Present
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Victor Marrero is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York. He joined the court in 1999 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.
Early life and education
A native of Santurce, Puerto Rico, Marrero graduated from New York University with his bachelor's degree in 1964 and from Yale Law School with his LL.B. in 1968.[1]
Professional career
- 2010 - Present: Senior judge
- 1999-2010: Judge
- 1998-1999: United States ambassador and permanent representative of the United States to the Organization of American States
- 1993-1997: United States ambassador on the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations
- 1981-1993: Private practice, New York, N.Y.
- 1979-1981: Undersecretary of housing and urban development
- 1978-1979: Commissioner and vice chairman, New York State Housing Finance Agency
- 1976-1977: Chairman, City Planning Commission, New York City
- 1975-1976: First assistant counsel, Governor Hugh Carey, (D-N.Y.)
- 1974-1975: Special counsel to the comptroller, New York City
- 1973-1974: Executive director, Department of City Planning, New York City
- 1970-1973: Assistant administrator and neighborhood director, Model City Administration, New York City
- 1968-1970: Assistant, Mayor John V. Lindsay (R), New York City[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of New York
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: Victor Marrero |
| Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of New York |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 127 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: May 27, 1999
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| ABA Rating: Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified
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| Questionnaire: |
| Hearing: July 29, 1999
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| QFRs: (Hover over QFRs to read more) |
| Reported: July 29, 1999
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| Confirmed: October 1, 1999
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| Vote: Voice vote
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Marrero was nominated by President Bill Clinton on May 27, 1999, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York vacated by Sonia Sotomayor. The American Bar Association rated Marrero Substantial Majority Qualified, Minority Not Qualified for the nomination. Hearings on Marrero's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on July 29, 1999, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) the same day. Marrero was confirmed on a voice vote of the U.S. Senate on October 1, 1999, and he received his commission on October 5, 1999. Marrero elected to take senior status beginning on December 31, 2010. He was succeeded in this position by Andrew L. Carter Jr.[1][2][3]
Noteworthy cases
Donald J. Trump v. Cyrus R. Vance, Jr.
On October 7, 2019, Marrero dismissed a lawsuit which President Donald Trump (R) had brought against Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. (D) regarding the release of President Trump's tax returns. The lawsuit challenged a state grand jury subpoena which Vance had obtained compelling the Trump Organization's accounting firm to turn over eight years' worth of the organization's tax returns and of President Trump's personal tax returns. The president's legal team issued an appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit.[4][5] Read the text of Judge Marrero's decision here.
See also
- United States District Court for the Southern District of New York
- United States Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Federal Judicial Center, "Biography of Judge Victor Marrero," accessed July 10, 2017
- ↑ United States Congress, "PN 326 — Victor Marrero — The Judiciary," accessed July 10, 2017
- ↑ American Bar Association, "Ratings of Article III judicial nominees, 106th Congress," accessed July 10, 2017
- ↑ Associated Press, "Judge rejects Trump challenge to release of his tax returns," October 7, 2019
- ↑ CNBC, "Trump loses NY federal court fight to keep tax returns secret from Manhattan DA probe," October 7, 2019
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Sonia Sotomayor |
Southern District of New York 1999–2010 |
Succeeded by: Andrew L. Carter, Jr.
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| 1993 |
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| 1994 |
Baer • Barkett • Batts • Beaty • Benavides • Bennett • Berrigan • Biery • Block • Borman • Breyer • Briones • Bryson • Bucklo • Burgess • Burrage • Cabranes • Calabresi • Carr • Casellas • Castillo • Chatigny • Chin • Cindrich • Coar • Collins • Cooper • Cote • Currie • Davis • Dominguez • Downes • Duval • Friedman • Furgeson • Garcia • Gertner • Gettleman • Gillmor • Gilmore • Gleeson • Haggerty • Hamilton • Hannah • Hawkins • Henry • Holmes • Hood • Hull • Hurley • Jack • Jones • Jones • Kaplan • Katz • Kern • Kessler • Koeltl • Lisi • Manning • McKee • McLaughlin • Melancon • Miles-LaGrange • Moore • Motz • Murphy • O'Malley • O'Meara • Oliver • Paez • B. Parker • F. Parker • R. Parker • Perry • Ponsor • Pooler • Porteous • Rendell • Riley • Robertson • Rogers • Ross • Russell • Sands • Sarokin • Scheindlin • Silver • Squatrito • Stewart • Sullivan • Tatel • Thompson • Timlin • Urbina • Vanaskie • Vance • Walls • Wells • Williams | ||
| 1995 |
Arterton • Atlas • Black • Blake • Briscoe • Tena Campbell • Todd Campbell • Chesney • Cole • Collier • Daniel • Davis • Dennis • Dlott • Donald • Duffy • Economus • Evans • Fallon • Folsom • Gaughan • Goodwin • Heartfield • Hunt • Illston • Jones • King • Kornmann • Lawson • Lenard • Lucero • Lynch • McKinley • Moody • Moore • Moskowitz • Murphy • Murtha • Nugent • O'Toole • Orlofsky • Pogue • Sessions • C. Smith • O. Smith • Stein • Thornburg • Tunheim • Wallach • Wardlaw • Webber • Whaley • Winmill • Wood | ||
| 1996 |
Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata | ||
| 1997 |
Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash | ||
| 1998 |
Aiken • Barbier • Barzilay • Berman • Buttram • Carter • Collins • Dawson • Dimitrouleas • Fletcher • Fogel • Frank • Graber • Hellerstein • Herndon • James • Johnson • Kane • Kelly • G. King • R. King • Lasnik • Lee • Lemelle • Lindsay • Lipez • Manella • Matz • McCuskey • McKeown • McMahon • Mickle • Mollway • Mordue • Moreno • Morrow • Munley • Murphy • Pallmeyer • Pauley • Polster • Pooler • Rawlinson • Ridgway • R. Roberts • V. Roberts • Sack • Scott • Seitz • Seymour • Shea • Silverman • Sleet • Sotomayor • Steeh • Story • Straub • Tagle • Tarnow • Trauger • Traxler • Tyson • Wardlaw • Whelan • Young | ||
| 1999 |
Alsup • Barry • Brown • Buchwald • Cooper • Eaton • Ellison • Feess • Fisher • Gould • Guzman • Haynes • Hibbler • Hochberg • Hurd • Huvelle • Jordan • Katzmann • Kennelly • Linn • Lorenz • Lynn • Marrero • Murguia • Pannell • Pechman • Pepper • Phillips • Schreier • Stewart • Underhill • Ward • Williams • Wilson | ||
| 2000 |
Ambro • Antoon • Battani • Berzon • Bolton • Brady • Bye • Cavanaugh • Daniels • Darrah • Dawson • Dyk • Fuentes • Garaufis • Garcia-Gregory • Hamilton • Huck • Hunt • Lawson • Lefkow • Lynch • Martin • McLaughlin • Moody • Murguia • Paez • Pisano • Presnell • Rawlinson • Reagan • Schiller • Singal • Steele • Surrick • Swain • Tallman • Teilborg • Tucker • Whittemore | ||
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