Micaela Alvarez
| Micaela Alvarez | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Seat #10 |
| Station: | Laredo, TX |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | George W. Bush |
| Active: | 12/13/2004 - Present |
| Preceded by: | David Hittner |
| Past post: | Texas District 139, District Judge |
| Past term: | 1995 - 1996 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1958 |
| Home State: | Donna, TX |
| Bachelors: | U. of Texas, B.S., 1980 |
| Law School: | U. of Texas Law, J.D., 1989 |
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Micaela Alvarez is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Early life and education
Born in Donna, Texas, Alvarez graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with her Bachelor's degree in 1980 and her Juris Doctor degree in 1989.[1]
Professional career
Alvarez was a private practice attorney in the State of Texas from 1989 to 1995 and again from 1997 to 2004. In 1995, Alvarez was appointed to serve as Presiding Judge for the 139th Judicial District Court in Hidalgo County, Texas from 1995 to 1996.[1]
Judicial career
Southern District of Texas
On the recommendation of Texas U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Kay Bailey-Hutchinson, Alvarez was nominated to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas by President George W. Bush on June 16, 2004, to a seat vacated by David Hittner as Hittner assumed senior status. Alvarez was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 20, 2004 by Senate vote and received commission on December 13, 2004.[2] [3].
Notable cases
Judicial philosophy
See also
External links
- The Robing Room- Rate Judge Alvarez
- U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas
- Judges of the Southern District of Texas
- Opinions of the Southern District of Texas
- Judge Alvarez's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center
References
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: David Hittner |
Southern District of Texas 2004–Current Seat #10 |
Succeeded by: NA |
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| 2001 |
Armijo • Bates • Beistline • Blackburn • Bowdre • Bunning • Bury • Caldwell • Camp • Cassell • Cebull • Clement • Clifton • Crane • Eagan • Engelhardt • Friot • Gibbons • Granade • Gritzner • Haddon • Hartz • Heaton • Hicks • Howard • Johnson • Jorgenson • Krieger • Land • Leon • Mahan • Martinez • Martone • McConnell • Melloy • Mills • O'Brien • Parker • Payne • Prost • Reeves • Riley • Robinson • Rogers • Royal • Shedd • B. Smith • L. Smith • Walton • Wooten • Zainey | ||
| 2002 |
Africk • Anderson • Autrey • Baylson • Cercone • Chesler • Clark • Collyer • Conner • Conti • Corrigan • Davis • Davis • Dorr • England • Ericksen • Fuller • Gardner • Godbey • Griesbach • Hanen • Hovland • Hudson • Jones • Jordan • Kinkeade • Klausner • Kugler • Leighton • Linares • Ludlum • Marra • Martinez • Martini • Mays • McVerry • Phillips • Raggi • Reade • Rose • Rufe • Savage • Schwab • Smith • St. Eve • Walter • White • Wolfson | ||
| 2003 |
Adams • Altonaga • Bea • Benitez • Bennett • Boyle • Brack • Breen • Browning • Burns • Bybee • Callahan • Campbell • Cardone • Carney • Castel • Chertoff • Cohn • Colloton • Conrad • Coogler • Cook • Cooke • Crone • Der-Yeghiayan • Drell • Duffey • Duncan • Erickson • Feuerstein • Figa • Filip • Fischer • Fisher • Flanagan • Floyd • Frost • Gibson • Greer • Gruender • Guirola • Hall • Hardiman • Hayes • Herrera • Hicks • Holmes • Holwell • Hopkins • Houston • Irizarry • Jones • Junell • Karas • Kravitz • Martinez • McKnight • Minaldi • Montalvo • Mosman • Otero • Pickering • Prado • Pratter • Proctor • Quarles • Robart • Roberts • Robinson • Rodgers • Rodriguez • Sabraw • Sanchez • Saylor • Selna • Sharpe • Simon • Springmann • Stanceu • Steele • Stengel • Suko • Sutton • Sykes • Titus • Townes • Tymkovich • Van Antwerpen • Varlan • Wake • Wesley • White • Woodcock • Yeakel | ||
| 2004 |
Alvarez • Benton • Boyko • Covington • Diamond • Harwell • Kelley • Schiavelli • Schneider • Starrett • Watson | ||
| 2005 |
Alito • Barrett • Batten • Bianco • Brown • Burgess • Conrad • Cox • Crotty • Delgado-Colon • Dever • DuBose • Griffin • Griffith • Johnston • Kendall • Larson • Ludington • Mattice • McKeague • Neilson • Owen • Pryor • Roberts • Sandoval • Schiltz • Seabright • Smoak • Van Tatenhove • Vitaliano • Watkins • Zouhary | ||
| 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 | ||
| 2007 |
Anderson • Aycock • Bailey • Bryant • Davis • DeGiusti • Dow • Elrod • Fairbank • Fischer • Frizzell • Gutierrez • Hall • Hardiman • Haynes • Howard • Jarvey • Jones • Jonker • Kapala • Kays • Laplante • Limbaugh • Lioi • Livingston • Maloney • Mauskopf • Mendez • Miller • Neff • O'Connor • O'Grady • O'Neill • Osteen • Ozerden • Reidinger • Sammartino • Schroeder • Settle • Smith • Snow • Southwick • Suddaby • Sullivan • Thapar • Tinder • Van Bokkelen • Wood • Wright • Wu | ||
| 2008 |
Agee • Anello • Arguello • Brimmer • Gardephe • Goldberg • Jones • Kethledge • Lawrence • Matsumoto • Melgren • Murphy • Scriven • Seibel • Slomsky • Trenga • Waddoups • White | ||
