Patrick Higginbotham
| Patrick Higginbotham | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit | |
| Title: | Senior Judge |
| Service: | |
| Appointed by: | Ronald Reagan |
| Active: | 07/30/1982 - 08/27/2006 |
| Senior: | 08/28/2006 - Present |
| Preceded by: | Reynaldo Guerra Garza |
| Past post: | Northern District of Texas |
| Past term: | 1975 - 1982 |
| Past position: | Seat #5 |
| Personal History | |
| Born: | 1938 |
| Home State: | McCalla, AL |
| Bachelors: | University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, 1960 |
| Law School: | University of Alabama School of Law, 1961 |
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Patrick Errol Higginbotham (b.1938) is a federal appeals judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He joined the court in 1982 after being nominated by President Ronald Reagan. Higginbotham is serving on senior status.
Early life and education
Born in McCalla, Alabama, Higginbotham graduated from University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa with his Bachelor's degree in 1960 and later from University of Alabama School of Law with his Law Degree in 1961.[1]
Professional career
Higginbotham served as a Judge Advocate in the U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General Corps from 1961 to 1964. Higginbotham was a private practice attorney in Texas from 1964 to 1975 and also served Adjunct Professor of Law at Southern Methodist University Law School in 1976.[1]
Judicial career
Northern District of Texas
Higginbotham was nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas by President Gerald Ford on December 2, 1975, to a seat vacated by Sarah Hughes. Higginbotham was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on December 12, 1975, on a Senate vote and received commission on December 12, 1975. [1] Higginbotham was succeeded in this position by Joe Fish.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
On the recommendation of U.S. Senator Phil Gramm, Higginbotham was nominated to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit by President Ronald Reagan on July 1, 1982 to a seat vacated by Reynaldo Garza as Garza assumed senior status. Higginbotham was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 27, 1982, and received commission on July 30, 1982. Higginbotham assumed senior status on August 28, 2006. [1]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Judge Higginbotham's Biography from the Federal Judicial Center.
| Federal judicial offices | ||
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| Preceded by: Sarah Hughes |
Northern District of Texas 1975–1982 Seat #5 |
Succeeded by: Joe Fish |
| Preceded by: Reynaldo Garza |
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals 1982–present |
Succeeded by: Jennifer Elrod |
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Sidney Fitzwater • Mary Lou Robinson • Sam Cummings • Jorge Solis • Terry Means • Sam Lindsay • Barbara Lynn • David Godbey • James Kinkeade • Jane Boyle • Reed O'Connor • John McBryde | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Kerry Roach • Clinton Averitte • Irma Ramirez • Nancy Koenig • Paul Stickney • Jeff Kaplan • Jeffrey Cureton • Renee Toliver • Scott Frost • David L. Horan • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
Andrew Phelps McCormick • Patrick Higginbotham • Robert Hill • John Rector • Edward Roscoe Meek • Harold Sanders • Jerry Buchmeyer • James Clifton Wilson • William Hawley Atwell • Thomas Whitfield Davidson • David Belew • Leo Brewster • Joseph Dooley • Joe Estes • Sarah Hughes • Elton Kendall • Eldon Mahon • Robert Porter • William Taylor • Halbert Woodward • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Harold Sanders • Jerry Buchmeyer • Joe Fish • William Hawley Atwell • Thomas Whitfield Davidson • Leo Brewster • Joseph Dooley • Joe Estes • Robert Porter • William Taylor • Halbert Woodward • | ||
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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 | ||
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| 1974 |
Bauer • Bramwell • Cahn • Churchill • Clarke • Cook • Elfvin • Fitzgerald • Flaum • Gerry • Kirkland • Sessions • Torruella • Graafeiland | ||
| 1975 |
Brimmer • Brotman • Grady • Haden • Henley • Higginbotham • Kennedy • Leighton • McNagny • Meskill • O'Conor • Rogers • Shell • Siler • Stafford • Stevens • Thompson • Tjoflat • Wong | ||
| 1976 |
Ackerman • Anderson • Aronovitz • Broderick • Callister • Cohill • Copenhaver • Crowley • Davis • Fay • Goettel • Guy • Haight • Hall • Hill • Ingram • Manos • Munson • Poole • Pratt • Richey • Schwartz • Schwarzer • Sear • Sterling • Takasugi • Waters • Williams • Wood | ||
