Full Name
Hon. Charles R. Eskridge III
Job Title
U.S. District Judge
Court or Organization
Southern District of Texas
Speaker Bio
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Nominated by Donald J. Trump on May 13, 2019, to a seat vacated by Gray Hampton Miller. Confirmed by the Senate on October 16, 2019, and received commission on October 17, 2019.
Education:
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, B.S., 1985
Pepperdine University School of Law (now Rick J. Caruso School of Law), J.D., 1990
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Charles Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1990-1991
Law clerk, Hon. Byron R. White, Supreme Court of the United States, 1991-1992
Special assistant, Hon. Howard M. Holtzmann, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, 1992-1994
Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1994-2019
Adjunct professor of law, University of Houston Law Center, 2006-2018
Distinguished visiting practitioner of law, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2011
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Nominated by Donald J. Trump on May 13, 2019, to a seat vacated by Gray Hampton Miller. Confirmed by the Senate on October 16, 2019, and received commission on October 17, 2019.
Education:
Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, B.S., 1985
Pepperdine University School of Law (now Rick J. Caruso School of Law), J.D., 1990
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. Charles Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1990-1991
Law clerk, Hon. Byron R. White, Supreme Court of the United States, 1991-1992
Special assistant, Hon. Howard M. Holtzmann, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, 1992-1994
Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1994-2019
Adjunct professor of law, University of Houston Law Center, 2006-2018
Distinguished visiting practitioner of law, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2011
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