Ron Clark | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | |
Assumed office February 28, 2018 | |
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | |
In office January 1,2015 –February 28,2018 | |
Preceded by | Leonard Davis |
Succeeded by | J. Rodney Gilstrap |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | |
In office October 10,2002 –February 28,2018 | |
Appointed by | George W. Bush |
Preceded by | Howell Cobb |
Succeeded by | Michael J. Truncale |
Personal details | |
Born | Ronald Hurley Clark January 5,1953 Caripito,Venezuela |
Education | University of Connecticut (BA,MA) University of Texas,Austin (JD) |
Ronald Hurley Clark (born January 5,1953) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Born in Caripito,Venezuela,Clark received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Connecticut in 1973 and a Master of Arts degree from the University of Connecticut in 1974. [1]
He was an armor officer in the United States Army from 1974 to 1976,where he served at Fort Hood,Texas and Germany as a mortar platoon leader and tank company executive officer in 1st Battalion,66th Armor Regiment,2nd Armor Division. [2] In 1979,he received a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas Law School in Austin. [1] He was in the United States Army Reserve from 1980 to 1990,where he served in the 490th Civil Affairs Company in Abilene,Texas (1980–82) and the Individual Ready Reserve (1983–90). He reached the rank of captain.
Clark was an assistant city attorney in the City Attorney's Office of Abilene from 1979 to 1982- while working in the Public Defender's office his business card read:"Reasonable Doubt,at a Reasonable Price." He was in private practice in Texas from 1982 to 2002. From 1997 to 2002,while in Sherman in Grayson County,Clark served as a Republican member from District 62 in the Texas House of Representatives.
On January 23,2002,Clark was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated by Howell Cobb. Clark was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 2,2002,and received his commission on October 10,2002. [1] A brief controversy arose over Clark's stated intent to remain on the ballot for reelection to his Texas House seat,and to serve through the next legislative session before assuming his judgeship,but this delay proved uncomfortable for the Bush Administration,and ultimately did not materialize. [3] Clark nonetheless won the most votes in the November election,declining the seat and leaving a vacancy to be filled in a later special election. [4] Clark served as chief judge from January 1,2015,to February 28,2018. He assumed senior status on February 28,2018. [5]
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