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Elton Kendall

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Years in office: 1992 - 2002

Education

Bachelor's

Southern Methodist University, 1977

Law

Baylor University School of Law, 1980

Personal

Birthplace

Dallas, TX

Elton Joe Kendall (1954-present) was afederal judge on theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

Kendall was nominated to the Northern District of Texas by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush on March 20, 1992, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 12, 1992, and received commission onMay 15, 1992. He served the Northern District of Texas until his resignation onJanuary 22, 2002.^[1] Kendall was succeeded in this position byJames Kinkeade.

Early life and education

• Southern Methodist University, B.B.A., 1977
• Baylor University School of Law, J.D., 1980^[1]

Professional career

• Police officer, Dallas Police Department, Texas, 1972-1978
• Assistant district attorney, Dallas County, Texas, 1980-1982
• Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 1982-1986, 2002-present
• Judge, 195th Texas State District Court, 1987-1992
• Commissioner, U.S. Sentencing Commission, 1999-2003^[1]

Judicial nominations and appointments

Northern District of Texas

Kendall was nominated to the Northern District of Texas by PresidentGeorge H.W. Bush on March 20, 1992, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. 5089; he was confirmed by the Senate on May 12, 1992, and received commission onMay 15, 1992. He served the Northern District of Texas until his resignation onJanuary 22, 2002.^[1] Kendall was succeeded in this position byJames Kinkeade.

External links

• Judge Kendall's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Active judges	Chief Judge: Reed O'Connor  •  Sam Lindsay  •  James Kinkeade  •  Ada Brown  •  Mark Pittman  •  James Wesley Hendrix  •  Karen Gren Scholer  •  Matthew Kacsmaryk  •  Brantley Starr
Senior judges	Sidney Fitzwater  •  A. Joe Fish  •  Robert Maloney (Texas)  •  Sam Cummings  •  Terry Means  •  Barbara Lynn  •  David Godbey  •  Jane Boyle  •
Magistrate judges	Clinton Averitte  •  Irma Ramirez  •  Jeffrey Cureton  •  Renee Toliver  •  David L. Horan  •  Hal Ray  •  Gordon Bryant  •  John R. Parker  •  Rebecca Rutherford  •  Lee Ann Reno  •  Peter Bray  •
Former Article III judges	Andrew Phelps McCormick  •  Patrick Higginbotham  •  Robert Madden Hill  •  John Rector  •  Edward Roscoe Meek  •  Harold Sanders  •  Jerry Buchmeyer  •  Mary Lou Robinson  •  William Furgeson  •  James Clifton Wilson  •  William Hawley Atwell  •  Thomas Whitfield Davidson  •  John McBryde  •  David Belew  •  Leo Brewster  •  Joseph Dooley  •  Joe Estes  •  Sarah Hughes  •  Elton Kendall  •  Eldon Mahon  •  Robert Porter (Texas)  •  William Taylor (Texas)  •  Halbert Woodward  •
Former Chief judges	Sidney Fitzwater  •  Harold Sanders  •  Jerry Buchmeyer  •  A. Joe Fish  •  Barbara Lynn  •  David Godbey  •  William Hawley Atwell  •  Thomas Whitfield Davidson  •  Leo Brewster  •  Joseph Dooley  •  Joe Estes  •  Robert Porter (Texas)  •  William Taylor (Texas)  •  Halbert Woodward  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byGeorge H.W. Bush
1989	Barksdale •Bonner •Buckwalter •Cyr •Fernandez •Garbis •Harmon •Lee •Lindberg •Lodge •Nelson •Nottingham •Plager •Rosen •Rymer •Smith •Spatt •Thomas •VanBebber •J. Walker •V. Walker •Wiener •Wright
1990	Alito •Amon •Birch •Boudin •Cleland •Clevenger •Dubina •Hamilton •Henderson •Hood •Hornby •Jones •Kent •Levi •Loken •Lourie •Martin •McBryde •McClure •McKenna •McLaughlin •McNamee •Moreno •Mullen •Nelson •Nickerson •Niemeyer •Norton •Parker •Pickering •Rader •Rainey •Randolph •Shanstrom •Shedd •Shubb •Singleton •Skretny •Souter •Sparr •Stahl •Stamp •Suhrheinrich •Taylor •Vollmer •Ware •Wilson
1991	Albritton •Andersen •Armstrong •Arnold •Bartle •Bassler •Batchelder •Beckwith •Belot •Benson •Blackburn •Bramlette •Brody •Brody •Burrell •Carnes •Caulfield •Cauthron •Clement •Collier •Conway •Cooper •Dalzell •DeMent •DeMoss •Doherty •Echols •Edmunds •Faber •Freeh •Gaitan •Garza •Graham •Haik •Hamilton •Hansen •Hendren •Herlong •Highsmith •Hogan •Huff •Hurley •Irenas •Johnson •Joyner •Kelly •Kleinfeld •Legg •Leonard •Lewis •Longstaff •Lungstrum •Luttig •Matia •McCalla •McDade •McKeague •McKelvie •Means •Merryday •Moore •Morgan •Nielsen •Nimmons •Osteen Sr. •Padova •Payne •Reinhard •Robinson •Robreno •Roll •Roth •Schlesinger •Scullin •Siler •Solis •Sotomayor •Sparks •Stohr •Thomas •Traxler •Trimble •Ungaro •Van Sickle •Wanger •Werlein •Whyte • Yohn
1992	Baird •Barbadoro •Black •Boudin •Carnes •Covello •DiClerico •Gilbert •Gonzalez •Gorton •Hansen •Heyburn •Jackson •Jacobs •Keeley •Kendall •Kopf •Kyle •Lewis •McAuliffe •McLaughlin •Melloy •Preska •Quist •Randa •Rosenthal •Rovner •Schall •Sedwick •Simandle •Stahl •Vratil •Williams