Janis Graham Jack
Janis Jack | |
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
Assumed office June 1, 2011 | |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas | |
In office March 11, 1994 – June 1, 2011 | |
Appointed by | Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089 |
Succeeded by | vacant |
Personal details | |
Born | 1946 (age 77–78) Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Alma mater | University of St. Thomas University of Baltimore South Texas College of Law |
Janis Graham Jack (born 1946) is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Jack was born in Los Angeles, California. She received a R.N. from St. Thomas School of Nursing (part of the University of St. Thomas (Texas)) in 1969, a B.A. from the University of Baltimore in 1974, and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 1981. She was in private practice in Corpus Christi, Texas from 1981 to 1993.
On November 19, 1993, Jack was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas created by 104 Stat. 5089. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 10, 1994, and received her commission on March 11, 1994. She assumed senior status on June 1, 2011.
In June 2005 Judge Jack threw out about 9,000 suits against US Silica corp.[1]
Sources
- ^ Kimberly Strassel, "Ulizio: He fought the Tort Bar—and Won", Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2009.
- Janis Graham Jack at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
- 1946 births
- Living people
- University of Baltimore alumni
- South Texas College of Law alumni
- University of St. Thomas (Texas) alumni
- American women judges
- Judges of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
- United States district court judges appointed by Bill Clinton
- People from Los Angeles