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James Robertson Nowlin
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Senior status since May 31, 2003.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- September 17, 1981
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- October 6, 1981
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 20, 1981
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- October 21, 1981
- Commissioned
- October 26, 1981
- Senior status
- Since May 31, 2003
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1937, 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. Army captain, 1959-1960
- U.S. Army Reserve, JAG Corps, 1960-1968
- Private practice, San Antonio, Texas, 1963-1965, 1966-1981
- Legal counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, 1965-1966
- State representative, Texas, 1967-1971, 1973-1981
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