Rolando Olvera | |
|---|---|
 Olvera in 2015 | |
| Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
| Assumed office August 4, 2015 | |
| Appointed by | Barack Obama |
| Preceded by | Hilda G. Tagle |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1963 (age 59–60) Houston,Texas,U.S. |
| Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Texas at Austin (JD) |
Jose Rolando Olvera Jr. (born 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Olvera received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985 from Harvard University. He received a Juris Doctor in 1989 from the University of Texas School of Law. He worked at the law firm of Atlas &Hall LLP,from 1990 to 1993,and at the law firm of Fleming &Olvera,PC and its predecessor firms,from 1994 to 2000. From 2001 to 2002,he served as a district judge for the 357th District Court of Texas. From 2003 to 2004,he worked as a solo practitioner and at the law firm of Spain &Olvera. From 2005 to 2006,he served as a district judge for the 138th District Court of Texas. From 2007 to 2008,he worked as a solo practitioner and part-time as a Brownsville municipal court judge. From 2009 to 2015,he served as a district judge for the 445th District Court of Texas. From 2011 to 2015,he served as the presiding judge of the Fifth Administrative Judicial Region of Texas. [1] [2]
On September 18,2014,President Barack Obama nominated Olvera to serve as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas,to the seat vacated by Judge Hilda G. Tagle,who assumed senior status on December 31,2012. [3] On December 16,2014,his nomination was returned to the president due to the sine die adjournment of the 113th Congress. On January 7,2015,President Obama renominated him to the same position. [4] He received a hearing before the Judiciary Committee on January 21,2015. [5] On February 26,2015,his nomination was reported out of committee by voice vote. [6] On May 21,2015,the U.S. Senate confirmed his nomination by a 100–0 vote. [7] He received his judicial commission on August 4,2015. [2]
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