Melinda Harmon

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Melinda Harmon is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. She joined the court in 1989 after being nominated by President George H.W. Bush.^[1]

Federal judicial career

A native Texan, Harmon graduated from Radcliffe College with her Bachelor's Degree in 1969 and later graduated from the University of Texas School of Law with his Juris Doctor Degree in 1972.^[1]

Legal career

Harmon started her career as a Law clerk to former federal judge John Singleton, Jr. in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas from 1973 to 1975 before moving into corporate litigation as a Trial attorney in the litigation section of ExxonMonbil based in Houston from 1975 to 1988. Then for one year, Harmon became a Trial Court Judge in the Civil Division of the 280th District Court based in Harris County from 1988 to 1989.^[1]

Federal judicial career

On the recommendation of Texas U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, Harmon was nominated by President George H.W. Bush on February 28, 1989 to a seat vacated by John Singleton, Jr.. Harmon was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 18, 1989 on a senate vote and received commission on May 22, 1989.^[1]

Notable cases

Plot to murder federal judge

Judge Harmon was the presiding judge in the trial of Joel Lopez, Sr. who was convicted of starting a murder for hire plot to attempt to take the life of fellow federal judge Ricardo Hinojosa. Judge Harmon sentenced Lopez to life in federal prison with no parole on October 26, 2009. Lopez is also serving a separate life sentence in federal prison for a unrelated drug conviction^[2].

External links

• The Robing Roo- Rate Judge Harmon

References

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Active judges	Head • Alvarez • Atlas • Crane • Ellison • Gilmore • Hanen • Harmon • Hinojosa • Hoyt • Hughes • Jack • Lake • Milller • Rainey • Rosenthal • Tagle • Vacancy • Vacancy
Senior judges	Bue • Hittner • Kazen • Werlein
Magistrate judges	Ellington • Froeschner • Johnson • Milloy • Morgan • Ormsby • Owsley • Ramos • Recio • Saldaña • Smith • Stacy
Former judges	Allred • Black • Burns • Cire • Connally • Cowan • Cox • DeAnda • Garza • Gibson • Hannay • Hutcheson • Ingraham • Kennerly • Kent • McDonald • Noel • O'Conor • Seals • Singleton • Sterling • Vela

	v • d • e Federal judges nominated by George H.W. Bush
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