Samuel Biery

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1 Early life and education
2 Legal career
3 Federal judicial career
4 External links

Samuel Frederick Biery, Jr. is an Article III federal judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. He joined the court in 1994 after being nominated by President Bill Clinton.

Early life and education

A native Texan, Biery graduated from Texas Lutheran College with his Bachelor's Degree in 1970 and later graduated from Southern Methodist University School of Law with his Bachelor's Degree in 1973. Biery also served in the US Army Reserve from 1970 to 1976.

Legal career

Biery started his legal career as a private practice attorney licensed in the State of Texas from 1973 to 1978. Biery spent his entire private practice tenure with the San Antonio based Law Firm of Biery, Biery, Davis and Myers. In 1979, Biery first began his judicial career as a County Court Judge in the Bexar County from 1979 to 1982. In 1983, Biery was promoted to District Court Judge in the 150th District Court of Texas from 1983 to 1988 based in Bexar County. In 1989, Biery was appointed by Texas Governor Bill Clements as a Justice for the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals of Texas from 1989 to 1994.

Federal judicial career

Biery was nominated by President Bill Clinton on November 19, 1993 to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089 which was approved by Congress. Biery was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on March 10, 1994 on a Senate vote and received commission on March 11, 1994.

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1996	Broadwater • Clevert • Fenner • Gershon • Gottschall • Greenaway • Hinkle • Jones • Kahn • Laughrey • Lemmon • Marten • Miller • Molloy • Montgomery • Pregerson • Rakoff • Sargus • Tashima • Thomas • Zapata
1997	Adelman • Bataillon • Breyer • Caputo • Casey • Chambers • Clay • Damrell • Droney • Friedman • Gajarsa • Garland • Gilman • Gold • Gwin • Hall • Hayden • Hull • Ishii • Jenkins • Kauffman • Kennedy • Kimball • Kollar-Kotelly • Lazzara • Marbley • Marcus • Middlebrooks • Miller • Moon • Pratt • Rendell • Sippel • Siragusa • Snyder • Thrash
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