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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas: Judges
Number of judges: 56
Burns, Waller Thomas (1902-1917)
Hutcheson, Joseph Chappell, Jr. (1918-1931)
Kennerly, Thomas Martin (1931-1962)
Allred, James V. (1939-1942), (1949-1959)
Hannay, Allen Burroughs (1942-1983)
Connally, Ben Clarkson (1949-1975)
Ingraham, Joe McDonald (1954-1969)
Garza, Reynaldo Guerra (1961-1979)
Noel, James Latane, Jr. (1961-1997)
Singleton, John Virgil, Jr. (1966-1992)
Seals, Woodrow Bradley (1966-1990)
Bue, Carl Olaf, Jr. (1970-2020)
Cox, Owen DeVol (1970-1990)
O'Conor, Robert J., Jr. (1975-1984)
Sterling, Ross N. (1976-1988)
Cowan, Finis E. (1977-1979)
Kazen, George P. (1979-2018)
McDonald, Gabrielle Anne Kirk (1979-1988)
Black, Norman William (1979-1997)
Cire, George Edward (1979-1985)
DeAnda, James (1979-1992)
Gibson, Hugh (1979-1998)
Vela, Filemon Bartolome (1980-2004)
Head, Hayden Wilson, Jr. (1981-present)
Hinojosa, Ricardo H. (1983-present)
Hughes, Lynn Nettleton (1985-present)
Hittner, David (1986-present)
Hoyt, Kenneth M. (1988-present)
Lake, Simeon Timothy III (1988-present)
Harmon, Melinda (1989-present)
Rainey, John David (1990-present)
Kent, Samuel B. (1990-2009)
Werlein, Ewing, Jr. (1992-present)
Rosenthal, Lee Hyman (1992-present)
Jack, Janis Graham (1994-present)
Gilmore, Vanessa D. (1994-2022)
Atlas, Nancy Friedman (1995-2022)
Tagle, Hilda G. (1998-present)
Ellison, Keith P. (1999-present)
Crane, Randy (2002-present)
Hanen, Andrew S. (2002-present)
Alvarez, Micaela (2004-present)
Miller, Gray Hampton (2006-present)
Saldaña, Diana (2011-present)
Ramos, Nelva Gonzales (2011-present)
Garcia Marmolejo, Marina (2011-present)
Costa, Gregg Jeffrey (2012-2014)
Bennett, Alfred Homer (2015-present)
Hanks, George Carol, Jr. (2015-present)
Olvera, Jose Rolando, Jr. (2015-present)
Rodriguez, Fernando, Jr. (2018-present)
Morales, David Steven (2019-present)
Brown, Jeffrey Vincent (2019-present)
Eskridge, Charles R. III (2019-present)
Tipton, Drew Barnett (2020-present)
Kazen, John Andrew (2024-present)