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Richard A. Schell
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. Senior status since March 10, 2015.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Ronald Reagan
- Nominated
- April 13, 1988
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- May 16, 1988
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), May 27, 1988
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- May 27, 1988
- Commissioned
- June 6, 1988
- Senior status
- Since March 10, 2015
- American Bar Association rating
- Qualified
Born 1950, 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
- Instructor, Southern Methodist University Law School, 1975-1976
- Assistant district attorney, Collin County, Texas, 1976
- Private practice, McKinney, Texas, 1977-1982
- Judge, Collin County [Texas] Court at Law, 1982-1986
- Judge, Collin County [Texas] Two Hundred and Nineteenth District Court, 1986-1988
- Visiting professor, Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law, 2010-
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