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Eskridge, Charles R. III
Born 1963 in Cleveland, OH
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Nominated by Donald J. Trump on May 13, 2019, to a seat vacated by Gray Hampton Miller. Confirmed by the Senate on October 16, 2019, and received commission on October 17, 2019.
Education:
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, B.S., 1985
Pepperdine University School of Law (now Rick J. Caruso School of Law), J.D., 1990
Professional Career:
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Nominated by Donald J. Trump on May 13, 2019, to a seat vacated by Gray Hampton Miller. Confirmed by the Senate on October 16, 2019, and received commission on October 17, 2019.
Education:
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, B.S., 1985
Pepperdine University School of Law (now Rick J. Caruso School of Law), J.D., 1990
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Charles Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1990-1991
Law clerk, Hon. Byron R. White, Supreme Court of the United States, 1991-1992
Special assistant, Hon. Howard M. Holtzmann, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, 1992-1994
Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1994-2019
Adjunct professor of law, University of Houston Law Center, 2006-2018
Distinguished visiting practitioner of law, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2011