Jose Alejandro Gonzalez Jr. (born November 26, 1931)
is a
senior
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United States district judge
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of the
.
Education and career
Born in 1931, in
Tampa
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,
Florida
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, Gonzalez received a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree in 1952 from the
University of Florida
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and a
Juris Doctor
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in 1957 from the
Fredric G. Levin College of Law
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at the University of Florida. He in the
United States Army
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as a lieutenant from 1952 to 1954 and in the
United States Army Reserve
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as a captain from 1954 to 1960. He was a claims representative for the
State Farm
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Overview
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Mutual Life Insurance Company in
Lakeland, Florida, from 1957 to 1958. He was in private practice in
Fort Lauderdale
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, Florida from 1958 to 1964. He was an assistant state attorney of the
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida in
Palm Beach County
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from 1961 to 1964. He was a Judge of the
Seventeenth Judicial Circuit Court of Florida
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in
Broward County
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from 1964 to 1978.
Federal judicial service
Gonzalez was nominated by President
Jimmy Carter
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on July 6, 1978, to a seat on the
vacated by Judge
Charles B. Fulton. He was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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on July 26, 1978, and received his commission on July 28, 1978. He assumed
senior status
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on November 30, 1996.
See also
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List of first minority male lawyers and judges in Florida
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List of Hispanic/Latino American jurists
This is a list of Hispanic/Latino Americans who are or were judges, magistrate judges, court commissioners, or administrative law judges. If known, it will be listed if a judge has served on multiple courts.
Other topics of interest
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References
External links
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1931 births
Living people
University of Florida alumni
Hispanic and Latino American judges
Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida
United States district court judges appointed by Jimmy Carter
20th-century American judges
State attorneys
Fredric G. Levin College of Law alumni
21st-century American judges