Earl Yeakel

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1 Early life and education
2 Legal career
3 Federal judicial career
4 External links
5 References

Earl Leroy Yeakel III is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. He joined the court in 2003 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.

Early life and education

A native Oklahoman, Yeakel earned his Bachelor's and Juris Doctorate Degrees from the University of Texas at Austin in 1966 and 1969. Yeakel later graduated from the University of Virginia School of Law with his Master of Laws Degree in 2001 and also served on active duty on the U.S. Marine Corps from 1967 to 1970 during the Vietnam Conflict.

Legal career

After law school, Yeakel was a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Texas from 1969 to 1988. Yeakel spent his entire private practice tenure for the Austin based law firm of Clark, Thomas & Winters. In 1988, Yeakel was appointed by then Texas Governor George W. Bush as Chief justice for the Texas Court of Appeals for the Third District in 1998, Yeakel served in the Texas Court of Appeals from 1998 till his appointment to the Federal Bench in 2003^[1].

Federal judicial career

On the unanimous recommendation of Texas U.S. Senators Kay Bailey-Hutchinson and John Cornyn, Yeakel was nominated by President George W. Bush on May 1, 2003 to a seat vacated by James Nowlin as Nowlin assumed senior status. Yeakel was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 28, 2003 on the same day Kathleen Cardone was confirmed. Yeakel was unanimously confirmed on a 91 to 0 vote in the Senate^[2]. Yaekel received commission on July 29, 2003.

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2006	Besosa • Bumb • Chagares • Cogan • Gelpi • Golden • Gordon • Gorsuch • Guilford • Hillman • Holmes • Ikuta • D. Jordan • K. Jordan • Kavanaugh • Miller • Moore • Shepherd • Sheridan • Smith • Whitney • Wigenton
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2008	Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White