Ernest C. Torres

Ernest C. Torres
Ernest C. Torres
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
	In office; December 1, 2006 – June 1, 2011
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
	In office; 1999–2006
Preceded by	Ronald Rene Lagueux
Succeeded by	Mary M. Lisi
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island
	In office; November 6, 1987 – December 1, 2006
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Bruce M. Selya
Succeeded by	John J. McConnell Jr.
Personal details
Born	Ernest C. Torres; 1941 (age 78–79); New Bedford, Massachusetts
Education	Dartmouth College (A.B.); Duke University School of Law (J.D.)

Ernest C. Torres (born 1941) is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island.

Education and career

Born in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Torres received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from Dartmouth College in 1963 and a Juris Doctor from Duke University School of Law in 1968. He was in private practice in Providence, Rhode Island, from 1968 to 1980. He was a member of the Rhode Island House of Representatives from 1975 to 1980, serving as deputy minority leader from 1977 to 1980. He was an associate justice of the Rhode Island Superior Court from 1980 to 1985. He was an assistant vice president in charge of national staff counsel, Aetna Life Insurance Company from 1985 to 1986. He was in private practice in Providence from 1986 to 1988.[1]

Federal judicial service

Torres was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on June 22, 1987, to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island vacated by Judge Bruce M. Selya. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 5, 1987, and received his commission on November 6, 1987. He served as Chief Judge from 1999 to 2006. He assumed senior status on December 1, 2006, and retired June 1, 2011.[1]

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References

Ernest C. Torres at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

Ernest C. Torres at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Bruce M. Selya	Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island 1987–2006	Succeeded by John J. McConnell Jr.
Preceded by Ronald Rene Lagueux	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Rhode Island 1999–2006	Succeeded by Mary M. Lisi

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[auto-1] Ernest C. Torres at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.