Charles R. Eskridge III
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Born 1963.
Federal judicial service
Newest firstJudge, U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- Appointed by
- Donald J. Trump (Republican)
- Nominated
- May 13, 2019
- Senate vote
- 61 to 31
- Confirmed
- Oct 16, 2019
- Commissioned
- Oct 17, 2019
Education
- B.S., Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 1985
- J.D., Pepperdine University School of Law (now Rick J. Caruso School of Law), 1990
Career
- Law clerk, Hon. Charles Clark, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 1990-1991
- Law clerk, Hon. Byron R. White, Supreme Court of the United States, 1991-1992
- Special assistant, Hon. Howard M. Holtzmann, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal, The Hague, 1992-1994
- Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1994-2019
- Adjunct professor of law, University of Houston Law Center, 2006-2018
- Distinguished visiting practitioner of law, Pepperdine University School of Law, 2011
DataSources: Federal Judicial Center, Biographical Directory of Article III Federal JudgesData as of Oct 29, 2026
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