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IU McKinney Commemorates Hispanic Heritage Month with Visit by Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel
10/09/2017
Students who are members of the Hispanic Law Society at IU McKinney worked with the Indiana State Bar Association’s Latino Affairs Committee to bring Judge Gonzalo P. Curiel to IU McKinney for a lecture on October 6. The talk, which took place in the Wynne Courtroom, was given in commemoration of Hispanic Heritage Month.
Judge Curiel’s topic was “Dismantling a Drug Cartel – The Daunting Legal Challenges.” The East Chicago, Indiana, native spoke about what motivated him to become a lawyer, and his work as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of California, where he served as Deputy Chief and then as Chief of the Narcotics Enforcement Division.
Judge Curiel has been a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of California since October 2012. He was nominated by then-President Barack Obama and was confirmed by the Senate in September 2012. Prior to his confirmation, Judge Curiel served as a San Diego Superior Court Judge from 2006 through 2012. Prior to working as a U.S. Attorney, Judge Curuiel worked in private practice.
The moderator for Judge Curiel’s talk was Mario Garcia, ’99, managing member of the Indianapolis law firm Brattain Minnix Garcia. In the photo from left are Professor Frank Sullivan, Jr.; 2L Linda Terron, 3L Allan Griffey, Judge Curiel, 2L Erika Flores, and 3LSergio Rey Silva.
