predecessor birth_place office birth_date term_start appointer article_title name alma_mater
raymond l. acosta san juan , puerto rico judge district of puerto rico of the united states district court for the 1944 july 11 , 2000 bill clinton jay a. garcia-gregory
 jay garcia-gregory assumption rico college complutense university of madrid university of puerto
jay a. garcia-gregory

jay a. garcia-gregory -lrb- born 1944 -rrb- is a united states federal judge of the united states district court for the district of puerto rico .
born in san juan , puerto rico , garcia-gregory received an a.b. from assumption college in 1966 , an m.a. from the university of madrid in 1969 , and an ll.b .
from the university of puerto rico school of law in 1972 .
he was a law clerk , hon. hiram cancio and hon. jose toledo , u.s. district court , district of puerto rico from 1973 to 1974 .
he was in private practice in puerto rico from 1974 to 2000 .
on april 5 , 2000 , garcia-gregory was nominated by president bill clinton to a seat on the united states district court for the district of puerto rico vacated by raymond l. acosta .
garcia-gregory was confirmed by the united states senate on june 16 , 2000 , and received his commission on july 11 , 2000 .
