Jaime Pieras Jr. (May 19, 1924 – June 11, 2011) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.
Jaime Pieras Jr.
Born 1924 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
Died 2011 in San Juan, Puerto Rico
FJC ID: 1886
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 21/year
Puerto Rico District Court · 1982–2011
Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- Hispanic
Prior employment
- Private practice, Hato Rey, Puerto Rico1949–1953, 1954–1982
- Private practice, San Juan, Puerto Rico1954
U.S. Army second lieutenant1946–1947
Appointments
1982–2011 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)Term ended: Death
Education
- Georgetown College Law School (now Georgetown University Law Center)J.D. · 1948
- Catholic University of AmericaB.A. · 1945