Emilio Garza
| Emilio Garza | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 05/30/1991 - 8/1/2012 |
| Senior: | 8/1/2012 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Thomas Reavley |
| Past post: | Western District of Texas |
| Past term: | 1988 - 1991 |
| Past position: | Seat #4 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1947 |
| Home State: | Texas |
| Bachelors: | University of Notre Dame, 1969 |
| Law School: | University of Texas School of Law, 1976 |
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Emilio M. Garza (b. 1947) is a federal appeals judge serving on senior status for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He joined the court in 1991 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush. On August 1, 2012, Judge Emilio Garza assumed senior status
Early life and education
Born in San Antonio, Texas, Garza graduated from the University of Notre Dame with his Bachelor's degree in 1969 and his Master's degree in 1970. Garza served as a Captain in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1970 to 1973. Garza received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Texas School of Law in 1976.[1]
Professional career
Garza was a private practice attorney in the State of Texas from 1976 to 1987 before becoming a District Court Judge of the 225th District Court of Bexar County from 1987 to 1988.[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Texas
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, Garza was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas by President Ronald Reagan on February 2, 1988 to a seat vacated by William S. Sessions as Sessions assumed senior status. Garza was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 19, 1988 on unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on April 20, 1988.[2]
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, Garza was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by President George H.W. Bush on April 11, 1991 to a seat vacated by Thomas Reavley as Reavley assumed senior status. Garza was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 24, 1991 by unanimous consent and received commission on May 30, 1991. [3] On August 1, 2012, Judge Emilio Garza assumed senior status.
Awards and associations
Notable cases
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: William Steele Sessions |
Western District of Texas 1988–1991 Seat #4 |
Succeeded by: Orlando Garcia |
| Preceded by: Thomas Reavley |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1991–2012 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Samuel Biery • Walter Smith, Jr. • Sam Sparks • Earl Yeakel • Xavier Rodriguez • Kathleen Cardone • Philip Martinez • Frank Montalvo • Robert Junell • Orlando Garcia • Alia Ludlum • David Guaderrama | ||
| Senior judges |
Harry Hudspeth • David Briones • William Furgeson • James Nowlin • | ||
| Magistrate judges | Victor Garcia • Norbert Garney • Richard Mesa • Jeff Manske • Pamela Mathy • John Primomo • Dwight Goains • Andrew Austin • Collis White • Robert Castaneda • David Counts • Anne Teresa Berton • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Thomas Howard DuVal • Ezekiel Turner • Edward Prado • Emilio Garza • Thomas Sheldon Maxey • William Robert Smith • William Furgeson • DuVal West • Charles Albert Boynton • Robert Johnston McMillan • William Steele Sessions • Lucius Bunton • Hipolito Garcia • Ernest Guinn • Walter Keeling • Ben Rice • Jack Roberts • Clyde Shannon • Adrian Spears • Dorwin Suttle • Robert Thomason • William Thornberry • John Wood • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Walter Smith, Jr. • Harry Hudspeth • William Steele Sessions • Lucius Bunton • James Nowlin • Ben Rice • Jack Roberts • Adrian Spears • | ||
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| 1989 |
Barksdale • Bonner • Buckwalter • Cyr • Fernandez • Garbis • Harmon • Lee • Lindberg • Lodge • Nelson • Nottingham • Plager • Rosen • Rymer • Smith • Spatt • Thomas • VanBebber • J. Walker • V. Walker • Wiener • Wright | ||
| 1990 |
Alito • Amon • Birch • Boudin • Cleland • Clevenger • Dubina • Hamilton • Henderson • Hood • Hornby • Jones • Kent • Levi • Loken • Lourie • Martin • McBryde • McClure • McKenna • McLaughlin • McNamee • Moreno • Mullen • Nelson • Nickerson • Niemeyer • Norton • Parker • Pickering • Rader • Rainey • Randolph • Shanstrom • Shedd • Shubb • Singleton • Skretny • Souter • Sparr • Stahl • Stamp • Suhrheinrich • Taylor • Vollmer • Ware • Wilson | ||
| 1991 |
Albritton • Andersen • Armstrong • Arnold • Bartle • Bassler • Batchelder • Beckwith • Belot • Benson • Blackburn • Bramlette • Brody • Brody • Burrell • Carnes • Caulfield • Cauthron • Clement • Collier • Conway • Cooper • Dalzell • DeMent • DeMoss • Doherty • Echols • Edmunds • Faber • Freeh • Gaitan • Garza • Graham • Haik • Hamilton • Hansen • Hendren • Herlong • Highsmith • Hogan • Huff • Hurley • Irenas • Johnson • Joyner • Kelly • Kleinfeld • Legg • Leonard • Lewis • Longstaff • Lungstrum • Luttig • Matia • McCalla • McDade • McKeague • McKelvie • Means • Merryday • Moore • Morgan • Nielsen • Nimmons • Osteen Sr. • Padova • Payne • Reinhard • Robinson • Robreno • Roll • Roth • Schlesinger • Scullin • Siler • Solis • Sotomayor • Sparks • Stohr • Thomas • Traxler • Trimble • Ungaro • Van Sickle • Wanger • Werlein • Whyte • Yohn | ||
| 1992 |
Baird • Barbadoro • Black • Boudin • Carnes • Covello • DiClerico • Gilbert • Gonzalez • Gorton • Hansen • Heyburn • Jackson • Jacobs • Keeley • Kendall • Kopf • Kyle • Lewis • McAuliffe • McLaughlin • Melloy • Preska • Quist • Randa • Rosenthal • Rovner • Schall • Sedwick • Simandle • Stahl • Vratil • Williams | ||
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
- Western District of Texas, Seat 4
- Judge on senior status, Fifth Circuit
- Former federal judge, Western District of Texas
- Former Texas district court judges
- U. of Texas Law Alumni
- Appointed by Ronald Reagan
- Confirmed 1988
- Appointed by George H.W. Bush
- Confirmed 1991
- Marine veteran
- Notre Dame Alumni
- Senior federal judge
