James Nowlin
James Robertson Nowlin is a federal judge on senior status with the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. He joined the court in 1981 after a nomination from President Ronald Reagan.
Early life and education
A native of San Antonio, Texas, Robertson earned his bachelor's and master's degrees from Trinity University in 1959 and 1962, respectively. He later earned his J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1963.[1]
Military service
Robertson served as a captain in the U.S. Army from 1959 to 1960. He later served in the judge advocate general corps of the U.S. Army Reserve from 1960 to 1968.[1]
Professional career
- 1981 - Present: United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- 2003 - Present: Senior judge
- 1999-2003: Chief judge
- 1981-1999: Judge
- 1967-1971, 1973-1981: State representative, Texas House of Representatives
- 1966-1981: Private practice, San Antonio, Texas
- 1965-1966: Counsel, U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare
- 1963-1965: Private practice, San Antonio, Texas[1]
Judicial career
Western District of Texas
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| Nominee Information |
| Name: James R. Nowlin |
| Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Texas |
| Progress |
| Confirmed 34 days after nomination. |
 Nominated: September 17, 1981
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| Hearing: October 6, 1981
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| Reported: October 20, 1981
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| Confirmed: October 21, 1981
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| Vote: Unanimous consent
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Nowlin was nominated to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas by President Ronald Reagan on September 17, 1981, to a seat vacated by Jack Roberts. Hearings on Nowlin's nomination were held before the Senate Judiciary Committee on October 6, 1981, and his nomination was reported by U.S. Sen. Strom Thurmond (R-S.C.) on October 20, 1981. Nowlin was confirmed by the unanimous consent of the U.S. Senate on October 21, 1981, and he received his commission on October 26, 1981. From 1999 to 2003, he served as the chief judge of the district court. He elected to take senior status beginning on May 31, 2003.[1][2] Nowlin was succeeded in this position by Judge Earl Yeakel.
See also
- United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
- United States Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit
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Footnotes
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| Preceded by: Jack Roberts |
Western District of Texas 1981–2003 Seat #2 |
Succeeded by: Earl Yeakel
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| 1981 |
Bartlett • Beam • Becker • Bork • Cacheris • Cardamone • Chapman • Coughenour • Cox • Crow • Cyr • Doumar • Eschbach • Forrester • Garwood • Gibson • Glasser • Hall • Hamilton • Head • Jones • Kiser • Krenzler • Lee • Magnuson • McLaughlin • Miner • Moore • Nowlin • O'Connor • Pierce • Posner • Potter • Russell • Ryan • Shabaz • Sprizzo • Stevens • Waters • Wilhoit • Wilkins • Winter | ||
| 1982 |
Acker • Acosta • Altimari • Bell • Bissell • Black • Bullock • Caldwell • Coffey • Contie • Coyle • Dowd • Fagg • Fong • Fox • Gadbois • Gibson • Ginsburg • Hart • Higginbotham • Hogan • Irving • Jackson • Jolly • Kanne • Kovachevich • Krupansky • Lynch • Mansmann • McNamara • Mencer • Mentz • Mihm • Moody • Nordberg • Paul • Pieras • Plunkett • Porfilio • Potter • Pratt • Rafeedie • Restani • Roberts • Scalia • Selya • Telesca • Wellford | ||
| 1983 |
Baldock • Barbour • Barry • Bowman • Carman • Carter • Curran • Davis • Dorsey • Feldman • Fish • Flaum • Gibbons • Hallanan • Harris • Hinojosa • Hull • Hupp • Katz • Keenan • Kelly • Kram • Laffitte • Limbaugh, Sr. • Limbaugh, Sr. • Milburn • Nesbitt • Nevas • O'Neill • Rymer • Sharp • Starr • Vinson • Vukasin • Wexler • Woods | ||
| 1984 |
Barker • Beezer • Biggers • Billings • Bissell • Boyle • Brewster • Browning • DiCarlo • Duhe • Garcia • George • Hall • Hargrove • Higgins • Hill • Holland • Ideman • Jarvis • Keller • Leavy • Lee • Legge • Leisure • Little • Livaudais • Longobardi • McKibben • Milburn • Newman • Norgle • Prado • Rea • Rosenblatt • Rovner • Scirica • Smith, Jr. • Sneeden • Stotler • Suhrheinrich • Torruella • Wiggins • Wilkinson | ||
| 1985 |
Alley • Altimari • Anderson • Aquilino • Archer • Arnold • Baldock • Batchelder • Battey • Broomfield • Brown • Brown • Brunetti • Buckley • Cobb • Conmy • Cowen • Davidson • Dimmick • Duff • Easterbrook • Edgar • Farnan • Fernandez • Fitzpatrick • Fuste • Greene • Gunn • Guy • Hall • Hilton • Holderman • Hughes • Johnson • Jones • Korman • Kozinski • La Plata • Leinenweber • Letts • Lovell • Ludwig • Maloney • Mansmann • Marcus • McDonald • Meredith • Miller • Mills • Miner • Motz • Nelson • Noonan • Porfilio • Revercomb • Rhoades • Ripple • Rodriguez • Rosenbaum • Roth • Ryan • Sam • Scott • Sentelle • Silberman • Sporkin • Stanton • Stapleton • Strand • Strom • Tacha • Tevrizian • Thompson • Todd • Tsoucalas • Walker • Walter • Weber • Williams • Wilson • Wingate • Wolf • Wollman • Young • Zloch | ||
| 1986 |
Anderson • Boggs • Bryan • Cedarbaum • Cholakis • Conway • Davies • Dearie • Dubina • Duggan • Edmondson • Fawsett • Fitzwater • Gex • Graham • Hackett • Hansen • Henderson • Hittner • Howard • Jensen • Kay • Kleinfeld • Kosik • Lagueux • Lechner • Magill • Mahoney • Manion • McAvoy • McQuade • Norris • O'Scannlain • Rehnquist • Ryskamp • Scalia • Selya • Simpson • Smalkin • Spencer • Stiehl • Wilkins • Williams • Woodlock • Zatkoff | ||
| 1987 |
Alesia • Beam • Bell • Conboy • Cowen • Cummings • Daronco • Doty • Dwyer • Ebel • Ellis • Gadola • Gawthrop • Greenberg • Harrington • Howard • Hoyt • Hutchinson • Kanne • Kelly • Larimer • Leavy • Lew • Marsh • Mayer • McKinney • Michel • Mukasey • Musgrave • Niemeyer • Parker • Phillips • Politan • Pro • Raggi • Reasoner • Reed • Scirica • Sentelle • Smith • Smith • Stadtmueller • Standish • Tinder • Torres • Trott • Turner • Van Antwerpen • Voorhees • Webb • Whipple • Wolin • Wolle • Wood • Zagel | ||
| 1988 |
Arcara • Babcock • Brorby • Butler • Cambridge • Camp • Conlon • Cox • Dubois • Duhe • Ezra • Forester • Friedman • Garza • Hutton • Jordan • Kennedy • Lake • Lamberth • Lifland • Lozano • Marovich • Nygaard • Patterson • Schell • Smith • Smith • Tilley • Waldman • Zilly | ||
