Jimmie V. Reyna | |
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Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit | |
Assumed office April 5, 2011 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Haldane Robert Mayer |
Personal details | |
Born | Tucumcari, New Mexico, U.S. | November 11, 1952
Education | University of Rochester (BA) University of New Mexico (JD) |
Jimmie V. Reyna (born November 11, 1952) is an American lawyer, former president of the Hispanic National Bar Association, and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.[1]
Reyna's appointment to the federal bench had two historical distinctions: he became both the first Latino and first international trade practitioner to be appointed to the Federal Circuit.