Reed O'Connor

Reed Charles O`Connor (born 1965) is a United States federal judge.

Born in Houston, Texas, O'Connor received a B.S. from the University of Houston in 1986 and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 1989. He was in private practice in Texas from 1989 to 1994 and an assistant district attorney with the Tarrant County District Attorney's Office in Fort Worth, Texas from 1994 to 1998. O'Connor then served as assistant United States Attorney of the Northern District of Texas from 1998 to 2007. From 2003 to 2007, he worked on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Judiciary.

On June 27, 2007, O'Connor was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated by A. Joe Fish. The United States Senate confirmed O'Connor's appointment on November 16, 2007, and he received his commission on November 21, 2007.

Sources

• Reed O'Connor at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a publication of the Federal Judicial Center.