Current Judges
- As of June 1, 2011, a vacancy exists in the District due to Judge Janis Graham Jack's decision to assume senior status. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.
| # | Title | Judge | Duty station | Born | Term of service | Appointed by | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Active | Chief | Senior | ||||||
| 25 | Chief Judge | Ricardo Hinojosa | McAllen | 1950 | 1983–present | 2009–present | — | Reagan |
| 26 | District Judge | Lynn Nettleton Hughes | Houston | 1941 | 1985–present | — | — | Reagan |
| 28 | District Judge | Kenneth M. Hoyt | Houston/Galveston | 1948 | 1988–present | — | — | Reagan |
| 29 | District Judge | Sim Lake | Houston | 1944 | 1988–present | — | — | Reagan |
| 30 | District Judge | Melinda Harmon | Houston | 1946 | 1989–present | — | — | G.H.W. Bush |
| 34 | District Judge | Lee Hyman Rosenthal | Houston | 1952 | 1992–present | — | — | G.H.W. Bush |
| 36 | District Judge | Vanessa Gilmore | Houston | 1956 | 1994–present | — | — | Clinton |
| 37 | District Judge | Nancy Friedman Atlas | Houston | 1949 | 1995–present | — | — | Clinton |
| 38 | District Judge | Hilda G. Tagle | Brownsville | 1946 | 1998–present | — | — | Clinton |
| 39 | District Judge | Keith P. Ellison | Houston | 1950 | 1999–present | — | — | Clinton |
| 40 | District Judge | Randy Crane | McAllen | 1965 | 2002–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 41 | District Judge | Andrew S. Hanen | Brownsville | 1953 | 2002–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 42 | District Judge | Micaela Alvarez | McAllen | 1958 | 2004–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 43 | District Judge | Gray Hampton Miller | Houston | 1948 | 2006–present | — | — | G.W. Bush |
| 44 | District Judge | Diana Saldaña | Laredo | 1971 | 2011–present | — | — | Obama |
| 45 | District Judge | Nelva Gonzales Ramos | Corpus Christi | 1965 | 2011–present | — | — | Obama |
| 46 | District Judge | Marina Marmolejo | Laredo | 1971 | 2011–present | — | — | Obama |
| 47 | District Judge | Gregg Costa | Galveston | 1972 | 2012–present | — | — | Obama |
| — | District Judge | (vacant) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) | (n/a) |
| 12 | Senior District Judge | Carl Olaf Bue Jr. | 1922 | 1970–1987 | (none) | 1987–present | Nixon | |
| 20 | Senior District Judge | George P. Kazen | Laredo | 1940 | 1979–2009 | 1996–2003 | 2009–present | Carter |
| 24 | Senior District Judge | Hayden Wilson Head, Jr. | Corpus Christi | 1944 | 1981–2009 | 2003–2009 | 2009–present | Reagan |
| 27 | Senior District Judge | David Hittner | Houston | 1939 | 1986–2004 | (none) | 2004–present | Reagan |
| 31 | Senior District Judge | John David Rainey | Victoria | 1945 | 1990–2010 | (none) | 2010–present | G.H.W. Bush |
| 33 | Senior District Judge | Ewing Werlein, Jr. | Houston | 1936 | 1992–2006 | (none) | 2006–present | G.H.W. Bush |
| 35 | Senior District Judge | Janis Graham Jack | Corpus Christi | 1946 | 1994–2011 | (none) | 2011–present | Clinton |
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