2023 EDTX Bench Bar Conference
Panelists & Special Guests
2023 EDTX Bench Bar Conference
Panelists & Special Guests
District Judge, USDC EDTX
The Honorable J. Campbell Barker was confirmed on May 1, 2019, to the seat vacated by the Honorable Leonard E. Davis, with a duty station in Tyler, Texas.
Magistrate Judge, USDC EDTX
James Boone Baxter serves as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana Division.
District Judge, US District Court, Western District of Pennsylvania
Judge Cathy Bissoon was appointed by President Barack Obama as a United States District Judge for the Western District of Pennsylvania on October 20, 2011, having previously served on the Court as a magistrate judge from 2008.
Senior US Circuit Judge, CAFC
William C. Bryson was appointed by President William J. Clinton in 1994. Prior to his appointment, Judge Bryson was with the United States Department of Justice from 1978 to 1994.
Senior US Circuit Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
RAYMOND C. CLEVENGER, III was appointed by President George H. W. Bush in 1990.
District Judge, USDC EDTX
Marcia A. Crone received a B.A., summa cum laude, from the University of Texas at Austin in 1973 and a J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Houston Law Center in 1978.
Circuit Judge, US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Nominated by Joseph R. Biden on June 15, 2022, to a seat vacated by James L. Dennis. Confirmed by the Senate on December 13, 2022, and received commission on December 16, 2022.
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Nominated by George W. Bush on March 29, 2007, to a seat vacated by Patrick E. Higginbotham. Confirmed by the Senate on October 4, 2007, and received commission on October 19, 2007.
District Judge Federal Court Northern District of California
Appointed by President Obama in 2014, Judge Freeman sits in the San Jose Division, hearing a broad array of cases.
Chief District Judge, U.S. District Court, EDTX
Judge Rodney Gilstrap was nominated by President Barack Obama to serve as United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas and was confirmed in 2011. He assumed the position of Chief Judge in 2018.
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Judge James E. Graves, Jr. was nominated by President Barack Obama on June 10, 2010, to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
U.S. District Court, EDTX
Judge Hawthorn is a United States Magistrate judge for the Eastern District of Texas in the Beaumont and Lufkin Divisions. He was appointed in 2011.
Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, EDTX
Kimberly C. Priest Johnson currently serves as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division in Plano, Texas.
District Judge, USDC EDTX
Judge Sean Jordan is a federal district judge for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division. Judge Jordan was nominated by President Trump on January 17, 2019 and confirmed on July 30, 2019.
United States District Judge, EDTX
Jeremy Kernodle is a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas in Tyler. Before taking the bench, Judge Kernodle was a partner at Haynes and Boone, LLP in Dallas, where he practiced complex commercial litigation and appeals.
Magistrate Judge, USDC EDTX
On January 3, 2006, Judge Love was sworn in as United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Texas. He was reappointed for a second term which he began serving on January 3, 2014.
District Judge, U.S. District Court, EDTX
Amos Mazzant currently serves as a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, Sherman Division.
Executive Director, Federal Circuit Bar Association
Deborah M. Miron, Esquire, is the first female Executive Director of the Federal Circuit Bar Association® (FCBA).
Magistrate Judge, USDC EDTX
Judge Mitchell was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge on August 16, 2013. In her time on the bench and while working with Chief Judge Davis, Judge Mitchell has overseen numerous patent and general civil litigation cases. She also mediates cases pending in the Eastern District of Texas and the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.
District Judge, U.S. District Court, District of Delaware
The Honorable Maryellen Noreika was sworn in as a District Judge on August 10, 2018. Prior to that time, Judge Noreika was a partner at the law firm Morris, Nichols, Arsht & Tunnell LLP in Wilmington, Delaware, where her practice focused on intellectual property litigation and unfair competition cases.
District Judge, USDC for the Southern District of Mississippi
United States District Judge Carlton W. Reeves, a native of Yazoo City, Mississippi, assumed office on December 30, 2010. Prior to his nomination by President Barack Obama, Judge Reeves, , was engaged in the private practice of law with Pigott Reeves Johnson, P.A., a law firm he co-founded in 2001.
Chief Bankruptcy Judge, USDC EDTX
The Hon. Brenda T. Rhoades currently serves as the Chief Judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Chief Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Chief Judge Priscilla Richman joined the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit in 2005 after serving on the Supreme Court of Texas for more than ten years.
District Judge, USDC EDTX
Judge Schell was appointed as a U. S. district judge for the Eastern District of Texas on June 6, 1988 and took the oath of office on August 15, 1988.
District Judge, USDC EDTX
Robert W. (Trey) Schroeder III is United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Texas, Texarkana Division.
Bankruptcy Judge, USDC EDTX
Joshua P. Searcy was appointed as a United States Bankruptcy Judge for the Eastern District of Texas overseeing the Tyler, Marshall, Lufkin, and Beaumont divisions in March, 2021.
Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, EDTX
Sept. ’21 – present: U.S. Magistrate Judge, Eastern District of Texas, Beaumont and Lufkin Divisions.
Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Judge Carl E. Stewart received his B.A. degree (Magna Cum Laude) from Dillard University and his J.D. from Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans.
U.S. District Court, EDTX
Michael Truncale was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 14, 2019, and appointed by President Donald J. Trump on May 16, 2019. As a nominee, he received the unanimous well-qualified rating by the American Bar Association.
District Judge U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware
The Honorable Gregory B. Williams was appointed by President Joseph R. Biden, Jr. in 2022.
Brechner Eminent Scholar, Levin College of Law & College of Journalism and Communications
Professor Jane Bambauer is the Brechner Eminent Scholar at the Levin College of Law and at the College of Journalism and Communications. She teaches Torts, First Amendment, Media Law, Criminal Procedure, and Privacy Law.
Senior Counsel, Covington
Eric Holder advises clients on complex investigations and litigation matters, including those that are international in scope and involve significant regulatory enforcement issues and substantial reputational concerns. Eric, who was a partner at Covington from 2001 to 2009, rejoined the firm after serving for six years as the 82nd Attorney General of the United States.
Founder and CEO, Lanier Law Firm
Mark Lanier is consistently recognized as one of the top civil trial lawyers in America. For almost 40 years, Mark has taken on some of the biggest challenges in the legal field.
Partner, Tensegrity Law Group, LLP
Matt Powers is known for taking tough cases to trial and winning them. He tries patent cases, trade secret cases, fraud cases, fiduciary duty cases, antitrust cases and contract cases.
Professor, UCLA School of Law
Eugene Volokh is a professor at UCLA School of Law, where he has written extensively about law and technology; starting in July 2024, he will be a senior fellow at the Hoover Institution at Stanford, where he will continue his research into these topics.
Leon Jaworski Chair of Practice & Procedure, Baylor Law
Professionally, Jim Wren is a trial lawyer first and foremost. Before becoming a law professor, he was designated each year as a Texas Super Lawyer in business litigation, former national president of the National Board of Trial Advocacy, a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates (ABOTA), and board certified nationally and in Texas in multiple trial specializations.
