Hiram E. Puig-Lugo
Senior Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
Assumed office
2023
Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia
In office
June 6, 1999 – July 28, 2023
PresidentBill Clinton
Preceded byArthur L. Burnett
Succeeded byvacant
Personal details
Born (1961-07-08) July 8, 1961
San Germán, Puerto Rico
EducationUniversity of Wisconsin-Madison (BS)
University of Wisconsin (JD)

Hiram E. Puig-Lugo (born July 8, 1961)[1] is a senior judge of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia.[2][3]

Education and career

Puig-Lugo earned his Bachelor of Science in 1984 from University of Wisconsin-Madison and his Juris Doctor in 1988 from University of Wisconsin Law School.[3]

D.C. Superior Court

President Bill Clinton nominated Puig-Lugo on January 6, 1999, to a fifteen-year term as an associate judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia to the seat vacated by Judge Arthur L. Burnett. On April 20, 1999, the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs held a hearing on his nomination. On May 20, 1999, the Committee reported his nomination favorably to the senate floor. On May 26, 1999, the full United States Senate confirmed his nomination by voice vote.[4]

On April 4, 2014, the Commission on Judicial Disabilities and Tenure recommended that President Obama reappoint him to a second fifteen-year term as a judge on the D.C. Superior Court.[5] He retired from the court on July 28, 2023,[6] and took senior status later that year.

References

  1. ↑ Affairs, United States Congress Senate Committee on Governmental (April 20, 1999). Nominations of Eric Washington, Stephen Glickman, and Hiram Puig-Lugo: Hearing Before the Committee on Governmental Affairs, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, First Session on Nominations of Eric Washington and Stephen Glickman, to be Associate Judges of the District of Columbia Court of Appeals, and Hiram Puig-Lugo, to be Associate Judge of the District of Columbia Superior Court, April 20, 1999. U.S. Government Printing Office. p. 59. ISBN 978-0-16-059438-0.
  2. ↑ "District of Columbia Superior Court Judges". www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved January 23, 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Bio" (PDF). www.dccourts.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  4. ↑ "PN5 - Nomination of Hiram E. Puig-Lugo for The Judiciary, 106th Congress (1999-2000)". www.congress.gov. 1999-05-26. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  5. ↑ "Honorable Hiram E. Puig-Lugo Reappointment Report | cjdt". cjdt.dc.gov. Retrieved 2020-01-23.
  6. ↑ "Notice of Judicial Vacancies on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia". jnc.dc.gov. April 10, 2023. Retrieved July 30, 2023.
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