Hilda G. Tagle
Hilda G. Tagle | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
Assumed office December 31, 2012 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
In office March 17, 1998 – December 31, 2012 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089 |
Succeeded by | Rolando Olvera |
Personal details | |
Born | ) | December 18, 1946
Hilda Gloria Tagle (born December 18, 1946)[1] is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Early life and education
Born in
Legal career
In 1977, she returned to Corpus Christi where she worked as an assistant county attorney. She was a law clerk for the Legal Aid Society of Central Texas. A year later she was an assistant county attorney of Nueces County Attorney's Office. In 1980, she was again selected by the Nueces County District Attorney to try felonies.[3] After working for the District Attorney's office, she began teaching at Del Mar College from 1981 to 1985. In 1985, she became the first Hispanic female judge in Nueces County and the first Hispanic female county court at law judge in Texas. In addition, Tagle was one of the first females to try criminal jury cases. She was also the second Hispanic female judge in the state of Texas.[3] Tagle was selected by Governor Ann Richards to the Governor's Commission for Women. She was involved in several civic activities. She was the founding chair member of the Mexican American Bar of the Coastal Bend, the Corpus Christi Bar Association and the Hispanic Women's Network.[3] Tagle also won a Distinguished Alumni Award in 2012. Tagle recently[when?] received the 2017 Sarah T. Hughes Woman's Lawyers of Achievement Award.[4]
Judicial service
State judicial service
Tagle was a judge on the Nueces County Court, at Law No. 3, Texas from 1985 to 1994. She was a judge on the 148th District Court, Texas from 1995 to 1998.
Federal judicial service
Tagle was nominated by President Bill Clinton on August 10, 1995 to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089 and her nomination lapsed. She was renominated on March 21, 1997 and confirmed by the United States Senate on March 11, 1998. She received her commission on March 17, 1998. She assumed senior status on December 31, 2012.
See also
References
- ^ Hearings before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Fifth Congress, Second Session, on Confirmations of Appointees to the Federal Judiciary, February 4; February 25; March 18; March 24; April 29, 1998. U.S. Government Printing Office. 1998. p. 477.
- ^ S2CID 161251031.
- ^ a b c "Hilda Gloria Tagle, 1946 - . An Inventory to the Collection". legacy.lib.utexas.edu. Tagle, Hilda Gloria, 1946 - . Retrieved 2018-11-10.
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: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ "Center for Women in Law | Power Lunch Series Featuring Hon. Hilda Tagle". law.utexas.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-10.
External links
- Hilda G. Tagle at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.