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James E. Kinkeade
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Active service.
Confirmed by voice voteConfirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- George W. Bush
- Nominated
- July 18, 2002
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- September 26, 2002
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 8, 2002
- Senate vote
- Voice vote, no count printed
- Confirmed
- November 14, 2002
- Commissioned
- November 15, 2002
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1951, 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 in private practice, Texas, 1974-1975
- Private practice, Texas, 1975-1980
- Associate judge, Irving [Texas] Municipal Court, 1976-1980
- Judge, Dallas County [Texas] Criminal Court Number Ten, 1981
- Judge, Dallas County [Texas] One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth District Court, 1981-1988
- Adjunct professor, Texas Wesleyan School of Law, 1981-2002
- Justice, Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas, 1988-2002
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