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Leon Schydlower
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Active service.
Confirmed 90 to 8Confirmed 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, 90 to 8
- Confirmed
- March 22, 2024
- Commissioned
- March 26, 2024
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1971, 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
- U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1996-2000
- Assistant staff judge advocate, U.S. Navy Legal Service Office Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1996-1997
- Military prosecutor, U.S. Navy Trial Service Office Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1997-1998
- Special assistant U.S. attorney, District of Hawaii, 1998-2000
- U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant, 2000-2004
- Private practice, El Paso, Texas, 2000-2015
- U.S. Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel, 2010-
- Assistant staff judge advocate, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, 2011-2017
- Instructor of law, U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 2017-2021
- Individual mobilization assistant to the staff judge advocate, Misawa Air Base, Japan, 2021-
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