Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sophia Sotomayor was born in the Bronx on June 25, 1954. Her parents were both Puerto Rican and she even refers to herself as a "Nuyorican". After deciding that she wanted to be a lawyer at the age of 10 while watching a TV show, she graduated from Cardinal Spellman High School, Princeton and Yale Law.
Sonia Sotomayor was appointed to the Supreme Court in 2009 by President Obama. The first Hispanic justice and only the 3rd woman appointed to the high court, she had risen steadily through the ranks of the courts until she was appointed to a federal judgeship by President Bush in 1991. She rose to fame for her work in saving Major League Baseball from itself after the strike in 1995. While Sotomayor never demanded media attention and kept a low profile in her courtroom, lawyers who stood before her remember her well. Sotomayor is known on the court for her trust in the judicial process and her cutthroat attitude toward ill-prepared attorneys. She is also known for her kindness toward jurors and the attorneys who work hard to advocate for their clients.
