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Walter David Counts, III
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. Active service.
Confirmed 96 to 0Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- September 11, 2017
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), October 26, 2017
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 96 to 0
- Confirmed
- January 11, 2018
- Commissioned
- January 17, 2018
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1961, 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
- Texas Army National Guard, 1989- ; judge advocate, 1989-2006; state judge advocate, 2006- ; colonel, 2007-
- Private practice, Austin, Texas, 1986-1987, 1990-1991
- Assistant district attorney, Travis County, Texas, 1987-1990, 1991-1995
- Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Texas, 1995-2009
- U.S. Army lieutenant colonel, 2004-2006
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