| Alfred Laureta | |
| Office: | Judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands |
| Term Start: | July 14, 1978 |
| Term End: | November 18, 1988 |
| Appointer: | Jimmy Carter |
| Predecessor: | seat created |
| Successor: | Alex R. Munson |
| Birth Date: | 21 May 1924 |
| Birth Place: | Ewa District, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii |
| Death Place: | Kauai, Hawaii, U.S. |
| Education: | University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (BEd) Fordham University (LLB) |
Alfred Laureta (May 21, 1924 – November 16, 2020) was a district judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.
Laureta was born May 21, 1924, in Ewa District, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii.[1] He earned his Bachelor of Education from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and his Bachelor of Laws from the Fordham University School of Law.[2]
He served as a judge of the 1st Circuit Court in Honolulu from 1967 to 1969. From 1969 to 1978 he served as a judge of the 5th Circuit Court in Kauai.[3]
He was recommended to a judgeship by Senator Daniel Inouye. On April 7, 1978, President Jimmy Carter nominated Laureta to be a judge of the District Court for the Northern Mariana Islands.[4] On April 10, 1978, his nomination was sent to the United States Senate.[5] He was confirmed in June 1978, was sworn in on July 14, 1978, and was the first federal judge of Filipino ancestry in U.S. history.[6] He retired on November 18, 1988.[7] He died on November 16, 2020, at the age of 96.[8]
He met his wife Evelyn in New York while she was a nursing student and she died in 2012.[9]