Robert Torres (judge)
{{Short description|American lawyer and judge}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Robert Torres
|office = Chief Justice of the Guam Supreme Court
|term_start = January 17, 2023
|term_end =
|predecessor = Philip Carbullido
|successor =
|term_start1 = January 21, 2014
|term_end1 = January 17, 2017
|predecessor1 = Philip Carbullido
|successor1 = Katherine Maraman
|term_start2 = January 15, 2008
|term_end2 = January 18, 2011
|predecessor2 = Philip Carbullido
|successor2 = Philip Carbullido
|birth_date =
|birth_place = Guam
|death_date =
|death_place =
|relatives = Mary Camacho Torres
|education = University of Notre Dame (BA)
Harvard University (JD)
}}
Robert J. Torres Jr. is a Guamanian judge. He has served as the chief judge of the Supreme Court of Guam, a position he has held on three occasions, 2008 to 2011, 2014 to 2017, and since 2023.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kuam.com/story/48148630/robert-torres-will-serve-third-term-as-supreme-court-of-guam-chief-justice|title=Robert Torres will serve third term as Supreme Court of Guam chief justice|website=www.kuam.com}}
Life
Torres was born and raised on Guam and studied accounting at University of Notre Dame, graduating in 1980. He earned a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School.{{Cite web|url=https://guamcourts.org/Justices/Honorable_Robert_J_Torres_Jr.html|title=Robert J. Torres, Jr., Associate Justice|website=guamcourts.org}} His wife is Mary Camacho Torres, a Republican senator in the Guam Legislature.{{cn|date=October 2024}}
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Category:Chief justices of the Supreme Court of Guam
Category:20th-century American lawyers
Category:University of Notre Dame alumni