Robert J. Torres Jr. is a Guamanian judge. He has served as the chief judge of the

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, a position he has held on three occasions, 2008 to 2011, 2014 to 2017, and since 2023.

Life

Torres was born and raised on

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and studied accounting at

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, graduating in 1980. He earned a

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from

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. His wife is

Mary Camacho Torres Mary Camacho Torres is a Guamanian politician. Torres serves as a Republican senator in the Guam Legislature. Early life Torres was born in Tamuning, Guam. Torres' father was Carlos Garcia Camacho (1924-1979), a dentist and the first electe ...

, a Republican senator in the

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