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U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas: Judges
Number of judges: 40
McCormick, Andrew Phelps (1879-1892)
Rector, John B. (1892-1898)
Meek, Edward Roscoe (1898-1939)
Wilson, James Clifton (1919-1951)
Atwell, William Hawley (1923-1961)
Davidson, Thomas Whitfield (1936-1974)
Dooley, Joseph Brannon (1947-1967)
Estes, Joe Ewing (1955-1989)
Hughes, Sarah Tilghman (1961-1985)
Brewster, Leo (1961-1979)
Taylor, William McLaughlin, Jr. (1966-1985)
Woodward, Halbert Owen (1968-2000)
Hill, Robert Madden (1970-1984)
Mahon, Eldon Brooks (1972-2005)
Porter, Robert William (1974-1991)
Higginbotham, Patrick Errol (1975-1982)
Sanders, Harold Barefoot, Jr. (1979-2008)
Robinson, Mary Lou (1979-2019)
Belew, David Owen, Jr. (1979-2001)
Buchmeyer, Jerry (1979-2009)
Fish, A[llen] Joe (1983-present)
Maloney, Robert B. (1985-present)
Fitzwater, Sidney Allen (1986-present)
Cummings, Samuel Ray (1987-present)
McBryde, John H. (1990-2022)
Solis, Jorge Antonio (1991-2016)
Means, Terry R. (1991-present)
Kendall, [Elton] Joe (1992-2002)
Lindsay, Sam A. (1998-present)
Lynn, Barbara M. (1999-2025)
Godbey, David C. (2002-present)
Kinkeade, James E. (2002-present)
Boyle, Jane J. (2004-present)
O'Connor, Reed Charles (2007-present)
Scholer, Karen Gren (2018-present)
Kacsmaryk, Matthew Joseph (2019-present)
Pittman, Mark Timothy (2019-present)
Starr, Brantley David (2019-present)
Hendrix, James Wesley (2019-present)
Brown, Ada Elene (2019-present)