Rolando Olvera
Rolando Olvera | |
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![]() Olvera in 2015 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
Assumed office August 4, 2015 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Hilda G. Tagle |
Personal details | |
Born | 1963 (age 60–61) Houston, Texas, U.S. |
Education | Harvard University (BA) University of Texas at Austin (JD) |
Jose Rolando Olvera Jr. (born 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Biography
Olvera received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1985 from Harvard University. He received a Juris Doctor in 1989 from the University of Texas School of Law. He worked at the law firm of Atlas & Hall LLP, from 1990 to 1993, and at the law firm of Fleming & Olvera, PC and its predecessor firms, from 1994 to 2000. From 2001 to 2002, he served as a district judge for the 357th District Court of Texas. From 2003 to 2004, he worked as a solo practitioner and at the law firm of Spain & Olvera. From 2005 to 2006, he served as a district judge for the 138th District Court of Texas. From 2007 to 2008, he worked as a solo practitioner and part-time as a Brownsville municipal court judge. From 2009 to 2015, he served as a district judge for the 445th District Court of Texas. From 2011 to 2015, he served as the presiding judge of the Fifth Administrative Judicial Region of Texas.[1][2]
Federal judicial service
On September 18, 2014, President
See also
References
- National Archives.
- ^ a b Rolando Olvera at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- National Archives.
- National Archives.
- ^ "United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary". www.judiciary.senate.gov.
- ^ "Results of Executive Business Meeting – February 26, 2015" (PDF).
- ^ "On the Nomination (Confirmation Jose Rolando Olvera, Jr., of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas)". www.senate.gov.
External links
- Rolando Olvera at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- Rolando Olvera at Ballotpedia