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David Steven Morales
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Active service.
Confirmed 56 to 41Confirmed from the official record
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump
- Nominated
- January 23, 2019
- Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
- Not published yet
- Committee action
- Reported (favorably), February 7, 2019
- Senate vote
- Recorded vote, 56 to 41
- Confirmed
- April 10, 2019
- Commissioned
- April 25, 2019
- American Bar Association rating
- Well Qualified
Born 1968, 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
- Office of the Attorney General, State of Texas, 1994-2011; Law clerk, General Litigation Division, 1994; Assistant attorney general, General Litigation Division, 1994-2004; Associate deputy attorney general for litigation and chief ethics officer, 2004-2007; Deputy attorney general for civil litigation, 2007-2010; Deputy first assistant attorney general, 2010-2011
- General counsel, Office of the Governor, State of Texas, 2011-2014
- Deputy general counsel, University of Texas System Board of Regents, 2014-2016
- Private practice, Austin, Texas, 2016-2019
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