Charles R. Eskridge III

Charles R. Eskridge III
Eskridge in 2023
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Incumbent
Assumed office October 17, 2019
Appointed by	Donald Trump
Preceded by	Gray H. Miller
Personal details
Born	(1963-04-23) April 23, 1963 (age 61)[1] Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Education	Trinity University (BS) Pepperdine University (JD)

Charles Robert Eskridge III^[2] (born April 23, 1963) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Education

Eskridge earned his Bachelor of Science, magna cum laude, from Trinity University and his Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Pepperdine University School of Law. While in law school, he served as an editor of the Pepperdine Law Review.^[3]

Career

Eskridge in 2018

Upon graduation from law school, Eskridge served as a law clerk to Judge Charles Clark of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and to Justice Byron White of the Supreme Court of the United States. From 1994 to 2019, he was in private practice. He previously spent over two decades in the Houston, Texas, office of Susman Godfrey and then was partner at Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan.^[3] Eskridge serves as an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center, teaching a course on the origins of the federal constitution.^[3]

Eskridge has been a member of the Federalist Society since August 2013.^[4]

Federal judicial service

On May 3, 2019, President Donald Trump announced his intent to nominate Eskridge to serve as a United States district judge for the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. On May 13, 2019, his nomination was sent to the Senate. President Trump nominated Eskridge to the seat vacated by Judge Gray H. Miller, who assumed senior status on December 9, 2018.^[5] On June 5, 2019, a hearing on his nomination was held before the Senate Judiciary Committee.^[6] On June 27, 2019, his nomination was reported out of committee by a 15–7 vote.^[7] On October 16, 2019, the United States Senate invoked cloture on his nomination by a 61–29 vote.^[8] His nomination was confirmed later that day by a 61–31 vote.^[9] He received his judicial commission on October 17, 2019.^[10] He took his seat on October 22, 2019.^[11]

See also

• List of law clerks of the Supreme Court of the United States (Seat 6)

References

1. Hubbell, Martindale (April 2003). Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, Volume 10; Volume 12; Volume 14. Martindale-Hubbell. ISBN 9781561605514.
2. Romain v. Walters
3. "President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees, United States Attorney Nominee, and United States Marshal Nominees" White House, May 3, 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. "Charles Eskridge". www.quinnemanuel.com. Retrieved 2019-05-04.
5. "Twelve Nominations Sent to the Senate", White House, May 13, 2019
6. United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary: Nominations for June 5, 2019
7. "Results of Executive Business Meeting – June 27, 2019" (PDF). Senate Judiciary Committee.
8. "On the Cloture Motion (Motion to Invoke Cloture Charles R. Eskridge III to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas)". United States Senate. October 16, 2019.
9. "On the Nomination (Confirmation: Charles R. Eskridge III, of Texas, to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas)". United States Senate. October 16, 2019.
10. Charles R. Eskridge III at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
11. "Biography of Judge Charles R. Eskridge III". www.txs.uscourts.gov. Southern District of Texas. Retrieved 2019-12-08.

External links

• Charles R. Eskridge III at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Gray H. Miller	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas 2019–present	Incumbent