Joaquin V. Manibusan at a glance
- Current role
- Magistrate
- Court
- U.S. District Court for the District of Guam
- Jurisdiction
- Guam · Territorial
- Judicial service
- January 1, 2004–present
Joaquin V. Manibusan
Magistrate · U.S. District Court for the District of Guam
Available research
Biography
Professional career
- Attorney, Private practice; from 1977; Entered private practice after service in the Guam Attorney General's Civil Division.
- Assistant Attorney General, Government of Guam, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Division; 1975-1977
Judicial service
- Magistrate, District Court, D. Guam, 2004-present
- Judicial career District Court of Guam Manibusan was appointed to be the first federal magistrate judge for United States District Court of Guam by chief judge John S. Unpingco in 2004. He was reappointed at the end of his first eight-year term by Frances Tydingco-Gatewood. He retired from the bench on February 7, 2020.
Education
- University of California Berkeley in 1971 and 1974 · J.D.
- University of California, Berkeley · B.A., 1971
- University of California, Berkeley School of Law (Boalt Hall) · J.D., 1974
Courtroom rules and guidance
No applicable courtroom procedure is currently documented in the indexed public sources.
Sources
U.S. District Court for the District of Guam current judicial profile
Identity source · HTML · checked August 2, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/9204/joaquin-v-manibusan/