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U.S. District Courts for the Districts of Texas: Chief Judges
Eastern District of Texas
Number of chief judges: 12 Sheehy, Joseph Warren (1954-1967)
Fisher, Joseph Jefferson (1967-1980)
Justice, William Wayne (1980-1990)
Parker, Robert Manley (1990-1994)
Schell, Richard A. (1994-2001)
Hannah, John H., Jr. (2001-2003)
Heartfield, Thad (2003-2009)
Folsom, David (2009-2012)
Davis, Leonard E. (2012-2015)
Clark, Ron (2015-2018)
Gilstrap, James Rodney (2018-2025)
Mazzant, Amos Louis III (2025-present)
Western District of Texas
Number of chief judges: 11 Rice, Ben Herbert, Jr. (1948-1962)
Spears, Adrian Anthony (1962-1979)
Roberts, Jack (1979-1980)
Sessions, William Steele (1980-1987)
Bunton, Lucius Desha III (1987-1992)
Hudspeth, Harry Lee (1992-1999)
Nowlin, James Robertson (1999-2003)
Smith, Walter Scott, Jr. (2003-2010)
Biery, Samuel Frederick, Jr. (2010-2015)
Garcia, Orlando Luis (2016-2022)
Moses, Alia (2022-present)
Northern District of Texas
Number of chief judges: 16 Atwell, William Hawley (1948-1954)
Davidson, Thomas Whitfield (1954-1959)
Dooley, Joseph Brannon (1959)
Estes, Joe Ewing (1959-1972)
Brewster, Leo (1972-1973)
Taylor, William McLaughlin, Jr. (1973-1977)
Woodward, Halbert Owen (1977-1986)
Porter, Robert William (1986-1989)
Sanders, Harold Barefoot, Jr. (1989-1995)
Buchmeyer, Jerry (1995-2001)
Fish, A[llen] Joe (2002-2007)
Fitzwater, Sidney Allen (2007-2014)
Solis, Jorge Antonio (2014-2016)
Lynn, Barbara M. (2016-2022)
Godbey, David C. (2022-2025)
O'Connor, Reed Charles (2025-present)
Southern District of Texas
Number of chief judges: 11 Hannay, Allen Burroughs (1954-1962)
Connally, Ben Clarkson (1962-1974)
Garza, Reynaldo Guerra (1974-1979)
Singleton, John Virgil, Jr. (1979-1988)
DeAnda, James (1988-1992)
Black, Norman William (1992-1996)
Kazen, George P. (1996-2003)
Head, Hayden Wilson, Jr. (2003-2009)
Hinojosa, Ricardo H. (2009-2016)
Rosenthal, Lee Hyman (2016-2022)
Crane, Randy (2022-present)