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Ernest Gonzalez
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Active service.
Confirmed 88 to 7Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Joseph R. Biden
- Nominated
- February 7, 2024
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 29, 2024
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 88 to 7
- Confirmed
- March 22, 2024
- Commissioned
- April 9, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1962, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it.
Source: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal Judges · This judge’s entry. Our copy saved October 16, 2026, fingerprint 92b677f26553b479.
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Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Senior accountant, Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, 1987-1991
- Assistant district attorney, Bexar County, Texas, 1994-2000
- Assistant attorney general IV/special assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Texas (on detail), Texas Attorney General's Office, 2000
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Section, Western District of Texas, 2000-2003
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Texas, 2003-2023; lead assistant U.S. attorney, OCDETF Section, 2017-2022; chief, OCDETF Section, 2022-2023
- Senior attorney advisor, Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2023-2024
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