Preceded by Jaime Pieras Jr. | Name Salvador Casellas Succeeded by Aida Delgado-Colon | |
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Education Harvard Law School (1961), University of Puerto Rico School of Law (1960), Georgetown University (1957) | ||
Puerto Rican judge Salvador E Casellas Died at 82
Salvador E. Casellas (born 1935) is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
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- Puerto Rican judge Salvador E Casellas Died at 82
- Education and career
- Federal judicial service
- Daughter in law murder and Casellas son incarceration
- References
Education and career
Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Casellas received a Bachelor of Science in Foreign Service from Georgetown University in 1957, a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Puerto Rico Law School in 1960, and a Master of Laws from Harvard Law School in 1961. He served in the military from 1961 to 1962, and in the United States Army Reserve, Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1963 to 1967. He was in private practice in San Juan from 1962 to 1972. He served as Secretary of the Treasury for the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1976, thereafter returning to private practice in San Juan from 1977 to 1994.
Federal judicial service
On June 21, 1994, Casellas was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico vacated by Jaime Pieras, Jr.. Casellas was confirmed by the United States Senate on September 28, 1994, and received his commission on September 29, 1994. He assumed senior status on June 10, 2005.
Daughter in law murder and Casella's son incarceration
On July 14, 2012 his daughter in law Carmen Paredes was killed in her home in Guaynabo where she lived with her husband Pablo Casellas Toro and two daughters.
After an investigation and a media covered case Pablo Casellas was indicted and prosecuted by Paredes murder and sentenced for life in prision.