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A. Joe Fish

American judge (born 1942)

Summary

American judge (born 1942)

Field	Value
name	A. Joe Fish
image	A. Joe Fish, U.S. District Court Judge.jpg
office	Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
term_start	November 12, 2007
office1	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
term_start1	2002
term_end1	2007
predecessor1	Jerry Buchmeyer
successor1	Sidney A. Fitzwater
office2	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
term_start2	February 24, 1983
term_end2	November 12, 2007
appointer2	Ronald Reagan
predecessor2	Patrick Higginbotham
successor2	Reed O'Connor
birth_name	Allen Joe Fish
birth_date
birth_place	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
education	Yale University (BA, LLB)

| honorific-prefix = | honorific-suffix = Allen Joe Fish (born November 12, 1942) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas.

Education and career

Fish was born in Los Angeles. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University in 1965 and his Bachelor of Laws from Yale Law School in 1968. He was a Sergeant in the United States Army Reserve from 1968 to 1974, and was in private practice in Dallas, Texas, from 1968 to 1980. In 1980 he was elected to the 95th Judicial District Court of Dallas County. From 1981 to 1983 he was a judge on the Fifth District of the Texas Court of Appeals in Dallas.

Federal judicial service

On January 31, 1983, Fish was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated by Judge Patrick Higginbotham. Fish was confirmed by the United States Senate less than a month later, on February 23, 1983, and received his commission the following day. He served as Chief Judge of the district from 2002 to 2007, assuming senior status on November 12, 2007.

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