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Alfred Laureta (May 21, 1924 – November 16, 2020) was a district judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.

Early life and education

Laureta was born May 21, 1924, in Ewa District, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.[1] He earned his Bachelor of Education from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and his Bachelor of Laws from the Fordham University School of Law.[2]

Legal career

He served as a judge of the 1st Circuit Court in Honolulu from 1967 to 1969. From 1969 to 1978 he served as a judge of the 5th Circuit Court in Kauai.[3]

District Court service

He was recommended to a judgeship by Senator Daniel Inouye.[3] On April 7, 1978, President Jimmy Carter nominated Laureta to be a judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.[4] On April 10, 1978, his nomination was sent to the United States Senate.[5] He was confirmed in June 1978, was sworn in on July 14, 1978, and was the first federal judge of Filipino ancestry in U.S. history.[6][1] He retired on November 18, 1988.[7] He died on November 16, 2020, at the age of 96.[8]

Personal life

He met his wife Evelyn in New York while she was a nursing student and she died in 2012.[9]

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