Harold DeMoss
| Harold DeMoss | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George H.W. Bush |
| Active: | 12/02/1991 - 06/30/2007 |
| Senior: | 07/01/2007 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Jerre Stockton Williams |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1930 |
| Home State: | Houston, TX |
| Bachelors: | Rice, 1952 |
| Law School: | University of Texas School of Law, 1955 |
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Harold R. DeMoss, Jr. (b. 1930) is a federal appeals judge 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. DeMoss is serving on senior status.[1]
Early life and education
A native Texan, DeMoss graduated from Rice with his Bachelor's Degree in 1952 and graduated from Texas Law with his law degree in 1955. DeMoss served in the U.S. Army from 1955 to 1957.[1]
Professional career
DeMoss spent his entire pre-judicial legal career as a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Texas from 1957 to 1991.[1]
Judicial career
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, DeMoss was nominated by President is a federal judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. He was nominated by President George H.W. Bush. on June 27, 1991 to a seat vacated by Jerre Williams. DeMoss was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 27, 1991 on unanimous consent of the Senate and received commission on December 2, 1991 before assuming senior status on July 1, 2007[2].
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| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Jerre Williams |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1991–present |
Succeeded by: Catharina Haynes |
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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 | ||
