Raoul G. Cantero III (born Raoul Roberto Garcia-Cantero y Batista; 1 August 1960) is a

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lawyer and a former justice of the

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, Cantero graduated from

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as an undergraduate and from

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and a

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. Prior to his appointment to the Florida Supreme Court, he was a shareholder in the

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firm of Adorno & Yoss. On July 10, 2002, Governor

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appointed Cantero to the

. Cantero had not previously served as a judge, although he had extensive experience as an appellate attorney. Cantero is regarded as the first Florida Supreme Court Justice of Hispanic descent, contrasting with

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who was the first Justice to meet the Census criteria for being Hispanic due to her birth in Mexico to Syrian parents and the fact that her first language was Spanish. During the George W. Bush presidency he was mentioned as a potential Supreme Court nominee.Fla. Justice Gets Backing for U.S. Supreme Court Seat
/ref> On April 11, 2008, Cantero announced he would resign from the Florida Supreme Court, due to his family's desire to return to Miami, their hometown. His last day on the court was September 6, 2008. He had announced his intention to thereafter join leading international law firm

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as a partner in the Miami office and head of the Miami Appellate Practice group.

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His father is Raoul Garcia-Cantero y Parajon (born 1935) and his mother is Elisa Aleida Batista y Godinez (born 1933). He married Ana Maria Perdomo (born 1963) on June 17, 1983 and they have three children. He attended the

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-run St. Theresa School in Coral Gables, Florida and later graduated high School from the Marist-Brothers-run

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Florida Supreme Court page on Raoul G. Cantero III
* The Miami Herald, April 12, 2008, "First Cuban Justice Says He Will Leave the Bench" by Marc Caputo, Page 1B Justices of the Florida Supreme Court Living people 1960 births Florida State University alumni Harvard Law School alumni Cuban Roman Catholics Spanish people of Cuban descent People from Madrid Lawyers from Miami Hispanic and Latino American judges American judges of Cuban descent Christopher Columbus High School (Miami-Dade County, Florida) alumni {{Florida-state-judge-stub

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