When did Sonia Sotomayor get married?

Marriage timeline

Sonia Sotomayor married her husband, attorney José Antonio Codorníu, on June 3, 1976. Codorníu was then a federal prosecutor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. She later described their meeting as occurring while she was serving as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan. The marriage took place in a civil ceremony in New York City. There are no public records of any subsequent change in marital status; by all available accounts, they remain married.

Who is Sonia Sotomayor’s spouse?

José Antonio Codorníu is a lawyer who worked as a federal prosecutor in New York and later in private practice. He is not a public figure beyond his professional legal career. Available biographical summaries note that Codorníu and Sotomayor share an interest in opera and met through professional circles in New York. Details about their family life and household arrangements are not widely documented in public sources.

Early life and background

Born on June 25, 1954, in the Bronx, New York City, Sonia Sotomayor is the daughter of Puerto Rican-born parents. She was raised in a housing project in the Bronx after her father’s death and diagnosed with type 1 diabetes at age eight. She graduated summa cum laude from Princeton University and earned her Juris Doctor from Yale Law School, where she served as an editor of the Yale Law Journal.

Judicial career overview

Sotomayor served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York from 1992 to 1998 and on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit from 1998 to 2009. President Barack Obama nominated her as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States in 2009. The Senate confirmed her on August 6, 2009; she is the first Latina justice in the Court’s history.

Professional milestones and public service

Before joining the federal judiciary, Sotomayor handled litigation as an assistant district attorney in Manhattan and worked in private civil practice. Her notable rulings as a circuit judge include matters involving employment discrimination, constitutional law, and criminal procedure. As a Supreme Court justice, she has participated in opinions across a wide range of constitutional and statutory issues, often emphasizing empathy and lived experience in judicial decision-making.

Personal details and privacy

Sotomayor and Codorníu have maintained a relatively private family life. She has discussed her diabetes management in public speeches and authored a children’s book about self-advocacy in health. Beyond opera, her interests include reading and travel. Public records confirm the date and location of her marriage but contain no further intimate details about her household.

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