Xavier Rodriguez

Xavier Rodriguez (born September 20, 1961) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Rodriguez was previously an associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 2001 to 2002.

Xavier Rodriguez
Rodriguez in 2019
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Assumed office
August 1, 2003
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byEdward C. Prado
Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas
In office
September 7, 2001 – November 6, 2002
Appointed byRick Perry
Preceded byGreg Abbott
Succeeded bySteven Wayne Smith
Personal details
Born
Xavier Rodriguez

(1961-09-20) September 20, 1961[1]
San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
EducationHarvard University (BA)
University of Texas (MPA, JD)
Military service
Allegiance United States of America
Branch/service United States Army
Years of service1983–1993
UnitUnited States Army Reserve

Early life and education

Rodriguez was born in 1961 in San Antonio, Texas.[2] He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in history from Harvard University, a Master of Public Administration degree from the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas, and a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas Law School.[2]

Career

He served in the United States Army Reserve as an officer from 1983 to 1993 after receiving his commission from the ROTC program at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3][4]

Rodriguez is a regular speaker on continuing legal education seminars and has authored numerous articles regarding employment law, discovery and arbitration issues. He is past chair of the State Bar of Texas Labor and Employment Council and chair of the State Bar Paralegal Committee.

Prior to assuming the bench, he was a partner in the international law firm of Fulbright & Jaworski. Rodriguez then served on the Supreme Court of Texas until he was defeated in his re-election run. Rodriguez then returned to private practice briefly before being appointed to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio by President George W. Bush.

Federal judicial service

On May 1, 2003, President George W. Bush nominated Rodriguez to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas to a seat vacated by Judge Edward C. Prado, who was elevated to the 5th Circuit Court on May, 13, 2003. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on July 31, 2003. He received his commission on August 1, 2003.[5] Rodriguez has been considered a candidate for a vacancy on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, along with District Judge Marina Marmolejo.[6]

See also

References
  1. Hearing Before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, First [-second] Session, Part 3
  2. "Rodriguez, Xavier - Federal Judicial Center". www.fjc.gov.
  3. "Hon. Xavier Rodriguez - St. Mary's Law". St. Mary's School of Law. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  4. "Senators Hutchison, Cornyn Recommend Xavier Rodriguez For Judicial Nomination". United States Senator John Cornyn, Texas. 2003-02-06. Retrieved 2020-07-04.
  5. Xavier Rodriguez at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
  6. Contreras, Guillermo (December 1, 2013). "Another federal judge may go". San Antonio Express-News. Retrieved April 24, 2015.


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