United States District Court For The Western District of Texas

Current Judges

As of November 30, 2008, a vacancy exists in the Western District of Texas due to Judge W. Royal Furgeson, Jr.'s decision to assume senior status. No replacement nomination is pending at this time.

#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Term of service			Appointed by
#	Title	Judge	Duty station	Born	Active	Chief	Senior	Appointed by
27	Chief Judge	Samuel Frederick Biery Jr.	San Antonio	1947	1994–present	2010–present	—	Clinton
24	District Judge	Walter Scott Smith, Jr.	Waco	1940	1984–present	2003–2010	—	Reagan
26	District Judge	Sam Sparks	Austin	1939	1991–present	—	—	G.H.W. Bush
29	District Judge	Orlando Luis Garcia	San Antonio	1952	1994–present	—	—	Clinton
31	District Judge	Philip Ray Martinez	El Paso	1957	2002–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
32	District Judge	Alia M. Ludlum	Del Rio	1962	2002–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
33	District Judge	Robert A. Junell	Midland	1947	2003–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
34	District Judge	Kathleen Cardone	El Paso	1953	2003–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
35	District Judge	Earl Leroy Yeakel III	Austin	1945	2003–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
36	District Judge	Frank Montalvo	El Paso	1956	2003–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
37	District Judge	Xavier Rodriguez	San Antonio	1961	2003–present	—	—	G.W. Bush
38	District Judge	David Campos Guaderrama	El Paso	1954	2012–present	—	—	Obama
—	District Judge	(vacant)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)
19	Senior District Judge	Harry Lee Hudspeth	Austin	1935	1979–2001	1992–1999	2001–present	Carter
22	Senior District Judge	James Robertson Nowlin	Austin	1937	1981–2003	1999–2003	2003–present	Reagan
30	Senior District Judge	David Briones	El Paso	1943	1994–2009	(none)	2009–present	Clinton