Harry Lee Hudspeth

Harry Lee Hudspeth
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
In office
June 30, 2001 – January 31, 2016
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
In office
1992–1999
Preceded by Lucius Desha Bunton III
Succeeded by James Robertson Nowlin
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
In office
November 27, 1979 – June 30, 2001
Appointed by Jimmy Carter
Preceded by Adrian Anthony Spears
Succeeded by Alia Moses
Personal details
Born Harry Lee Hudspeth
1935 (age 82–83)
Dallas, Texas
Education University of Texas at Austin (A.B.)
University of Texas School of Law (J.D.)

Harry Lee Hudspeth (born 1935) is a former United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.

Education and career

Born in Dallas, Texas, Hudspeth received an Artium Baccalaureus degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1955 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1958. While a student at UT, he was a member of the Alpha Phi Omega Service Fraternity.[1] He was a corporal in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1958 to 1959. He was a trial attorney of the United States Department of Justice in Washington, D.C. from 1959 to 1962, and was then an Assistant United States Attorney of the Western District of Texas from 1962 to 1969. He was in private practice in El Paso, Texas from 1969 to 1977. From 1977 to 1979, he was a United States Magistrate for the Western District of Texas.[2]

Federal judicial service

On October 11, 1979, Hudspeth was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas vacated by Judge Adrian Anthony Spears. Hudspeth was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 26, 1979, and received his commission on November 27, 1979. He served as Chief Judge from 1992 to 1999. He assumed senior status on June 30, 2001. He retired from active service on January 31, 2016.[2]

References

  1. ↑ The Cactus. Austin, TX: University of Texas. 1956. p. 187.
  2. 1 2 Harry Lee Hudspeth at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Sources

Legal offices
Preceded by
Adrian Anthony Spears		 Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
1979–2001		 Succeeded by
Alia Moses
Preceded by
Lucius Desha Bunton III		 Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
1992–1999		 Succeeded by
James Robertson Nowlin
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