The University of Houston Law Center is the law school of the University of Houston in Houston,Texas. Founded in 1947,the Law Center is one of 12 colleges of the University of Houston,a state university. It is accredited by the American Bar Association and is a member of the Association of American Law Schools. The law school's facilities are located on the university's 667-acre campus in southeast Houston.
Carl E. Stewart is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He was appointed by Bill Clinton in 1994,and previously sat as a judge of the Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal from 1985 to 1994.
Priscilla Richman is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She was previously a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 1995 to 2005.
Edith Hollan Jones is a United States circuit judge and the former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Melinda Sue (Furche) Harmon is an inactive Senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas,best known as the lead judge in the subsequently overruled Arthur Andersen trial. Civil lawsuits against Enron were consolidated in her court;she oversaw class action lawsuits on behalf of both Enron shareholders and its employees.
Simeon Timothy Lake III is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. His notable trials include the trial of Enron Chairman Ken Lay and former Chief Executive Officer Jeff Skilling.
Karen Nelson Moore is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Her chambers are in Cleveland,Ohio.
Sam Sparks is a senior United States district judge of the Austin Division of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Jennifer Walker Elrod is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit since 2007. She previously served as a state court judge on the 190th District Court of Texas from 2002 to 2007.
Lee Hyman Rosenthal is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Marcia Ann Cain Crone is an American lawyer who serves as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
William Royal Furgeson Jr. is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. After leaving the bench,he became the Founding Dean of University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law in June 2013,where he served for five years. He retired in June 2018 as Dean Emeritus and now practices with the law firm of Furgeson Malouf Law PLLC.
David Hittner is a senior United States District Judge on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He also has served by temporary assignment on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit,as well as the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of New York and the District of Arizona. His tenure as a federal jurist began in 1986,when he was nominated for the lifetime position by President Ronald Reagan and unanimously confirmed by the U.S. Senate. Prior to his appointment to the federal bench in 1986,Hittner served from 1978 to 1986 as the elected judge of the 133rd Judicial District Court of Harris County,Texas,based in Houston.
Barbara M. G. Lynn is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas,with chambers in Dallas,Texas.
Charlene Vanessa Edwards Honeywell is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida.
Diana S. Saldaña is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas and a former United States magistrate judge of the same court.
Marina Garcia Marmolejo is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Ewing Werlein Jr. is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Cheryl Ann Krause is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Ada Elene Brown is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. She is a former trial judge of the Dallas County courts and a former Justice of the Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas. She is the first African-American woman federal judge nominated by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the Senate. She is also the first African American woman to sit as a federal judge in the 140- year-history of the Northern District of Texas. A citizen of the Choctaw Nation,Brown is also one of six actively serving Native American federal judges of 673 federal district court judges. When appointed to the federal bench,Brown became the only woman judge in the 233-year history of the Choctaw Nation to serve as a federal judge.
