Ramona Villagomez Manglona

Ramona Villagomez Mangloña
3rd Chief Judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands
Assumed office
July 29, 2011
Preceded by Alex Robert Munson
3rd Judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands
Assumed office
July 29, 2011
Nominated by Barack Hussein Obama II
Preceded by Alex Robert Munson
17th Associate Judge of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
In office
May 2003 – July 2011
Nominated by Juan Nekai Babauta
Preceded by Roberto Camacho Naraja
Succeeded by Joseph James Norita Camacho
Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands
In office
November 2002 – May 2003
Nominated by Juan Nekai Babauta
Preceded by Robert Tenorio Torres
Succeeded by

Clyde Lemons, Jr. (Acting)

Pamela Sue Brown
Personal details
Born (1967-02-26) February 26, 1967
Saipan, Mariana Islands, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands
Alma mater University of California, Berkeley
University of New Mexico School of Law (JD, 1996)

Ramona Villagomez Mangloña (/mɒŋˈloʊnjə/) is the chief judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.[1] Her term will end on July 28, 2021 unless she is reappointed.

Early life and education

Judge Mangloña was born February 26, 1967 on Saipan in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. She graduated from the University of California at Berkeley in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and Japanese. She received her Juris Doctor from the University of New Mexico School of Law in 1996.[2]

Career

Prior to attending law school, Judge Mangloña worked in her family's real estate management business. After graduating from law school, she served as a law clerk for two of the judges of the Superior Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. She then joined the Office of the Attorney General, serving first in the criminal division and later in the civil division. She became Deputy Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands early in 2002 and became the first female Attorney General of the Northern Mariana Islands in November 2002. She was appointed to the Superior Court in May 2003 and resigned from that post in June 2011 to take up her current post in the District Court.[2]

Nomination to District Court

On January 26, 2011, President Obama nominated Judge Mangloña to the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands. This is considered an Article I judicial appointment, with a term of ten years, rather than life tenure. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a hearing on her nomination on March 16, 2011 and reported her nomination favorably on April 7, 2011.[3] On July 26, 2011, the Senate confirmed her nomination by voice vote and she received her commission on July 29, 2011. However, she did not take her oath of office until July 30, 2011.[4] Her commission will expire on July 28, 2021 at which time her term will end, unless she is reappointed.

Personal

Judge Mangloña is married to John A. Mangloña, an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. They have two children, Den and Savana. [2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.mvariety.com/2011080439095/local-news/federal-judge-manglona-hears-cases.php%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  2. 1 2 3 "Judge Manglona's Biography". Archived from the original on 2011-10-05.
  3. ↑ "Congress.gov - Library of Congress". thomas.loc.gov.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-14. Retrieved 2011-08-08.
Legal offices
Preceded by
Alex Munson		 Judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands
2011–present		 Incumbent
Chief Judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands
2011–present
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