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Angela Veronica Colmenero
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Active service.
Confirmed 50 to 47Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- May 12, 2026
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- June 10, 2026
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), July 16, 2026
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 50 to 47
- Confirmed
- September 23, 2026
- Commissioned
- Not published yet
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1979, 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.
All judges of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Career, as the Federal Judicial Center prints it
- Law clerk, Hon. A. Joe Fish, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2004-2005
- Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 2005-2009
- Assistant attorney general, State of Texas, 2009-2018; General Litigation Division, 2009-2011, 2012-2014; chief, 2015-2018; Special Litigation Division, 2011-2012; deputy chief, 2014-2015
- Office of Gov. Greg Abbott, Texas, 2018-2026; deputy general counsel, 2018-2021; principal deputy general counsel, 2021-2023; deputy chief of staff, 2023, 2023-2026
- Provisional attorney general, State of Texas, 2023
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