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Melinda Harmon
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Senior status since March 31, 2018.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George H.W. Bush
- Nominated
- February 28, 1989
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- April 5, 1989
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 18, 1989
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 18, 1989
- Commissioned
- May 22, 1989
- Senior status
- Since March 31, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1946, 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
- Law clerk, Hon. John V. Singleton, Jr., U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1973-1975
- Trial attorney, Litigation Section, Exxon Corporation, Houston, Texas, 1975-1988
- Judge, Harris County [Texas] Two Hundred and Eightieth District Court, Civil Division, 1988-1989
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