I had many reasons for writing memoir but among them was the hope that every Latino child and adult would find something familiar in it.

Since I have difficulty defining merit and what merit alone means - and in any context, whether it's judicial or otherwise - I accept that different experiences in and of itself, bring merit to the system.

I've spent my whole life learning how to do things that were hard for me.

To me, lawyering is the height of service - and being involved in this profession is a gift.

Even though Article IV of the Constitution says that treaties are the 'supreme law of the land,' in most instances they're not even law.

People who live in difficult circumstances need to know that happy endings are possible. Page 1.

Same way I have my entire life. Keep my family and friends close. My Latino friends close. I visit the island [Puerto Rico] as often as I humanly can.