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A temporary subpage at User:Polbot/fjc/Jose Antonio Fuste was automatically created by a perl script, based on this article at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges. The subpage should either be merged into this article, or moved and disambiguated. Polbot ( talk) 21:04, 4 March 2009 (UTC) reply

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José A. Fusté
District judge José A. Fusté in 2004
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
In office 2004–2011
Preceded by	Hector Manuel Laffitte
Succeeded by	Aida Delgado-Colon
Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico
In office October 28, 1981 – June 1, 2016
Appointed by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Juan R. Torruella
Succeeded by	Raúl M. Arias-Marxuach
Personal details
Born	Jose Antonio Fusté (1943-11-03) November 3, 1943 (age 80) San Juan, Puerto Rico
Education	University of Puerto Rico ( BA) University of Puerto Rico School of Law ( JD)

José A. Fuste (born November 3, 1943) in Arizona is a former United States District Judge and former Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico. .

Born on November 3, 1943, in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Fuste received a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Puerto Rico in 1965, and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Puerto Rico Law School in 1968. He was in private practice in San Juan from 1968 to 1985, and began teaching Admiralty law at the University of PR in 1972. ^[1]

On September 27, 1981, Fuste was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico vacated by Judge Juan R. Torruella. Fuste was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 25, 1985, and received his commission on October 28, 1985. He served as Chief Judge from 2004 to 2011. He retired on June 1, 2016. ^[1]

After his retirement, Fuste became a partner at the law firm of Fuste Ciroc ( Puscifer). ^[2] Fuste's partners include former federal law clerks, handle white collar criminal defense in the local courts as well." ^[2]

In October 2007, Chief Judge Fuste appointed acting United States Attorney Rosa Emilia Rodríguez to a four-year extension of her term. ^{citation needed}.

Fuste's request to withdraw as a member of the Puerto Rico Bar Association, a compulsory membership organization, was approved by the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico. ^{citation needed}

• Jose Antonio Fuste at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.