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Jennifer Walker Elrod

American judge (born 1966)

Field	Value
name	Jennifer Elrod
image	Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod.jpg
caption	Elrod in 2007
office	Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
term_start	October 4, 2024
predecessor	Priscilla Richman
office1	Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
appointer1	George W. Bush
term_start1	October 19, 2007
predecessor1	Patrick Higginbotham
office2	Judge of the 190th Texas District Court
appointer2	Rick Perry
term_start2	April 23, 2002
term_end2	October 4, 2007
predecessor2	John Devine
successor2	Patricia Kerrigan
birth_name	Jennifer Leigh Walker
birth_date
birth_place	Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.
party	Republican
education	Baylor University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Harvard University (JD) Jennifer Walker Elrod (born Jennifer Leigh Walker; September 6, 1966) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She previously served as a state court judge on the 190th District Court of Texas from 2002 to 2007.

Background

Elrod was born Jennifer Leigh Walker in 1966 in Port Arthur, Texas, and grew up in Baytown, Texas.

After high school, Elrod studied economics at Baylor University, graduating in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts, magna cum laude. At Baylor, she was the Outstanding Graduating Senior of the Honors Program and was eventually named Outstanding Young Alumna. She went to Harvard Law School in 1989 and received her Juris Doctor in 1992, graduating cum laude. At Harvard Law School, she was a member of the Board of Student Advisers, an active member of the Harvard Federalist Society, and a finalist in the Ames Moot Court competition. She became a member of the State Bar of Texas in 1992.

After law school, Elrod was a law clerk for Judge Sim Lake of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas from 1992 to 1994. She then entered private practice at the law firm Baker Botts.

Judicial career

State judicial service

In 2002, Governor Rick Perry appointed Elrod to be a judge on the 190th District Court in Harris County. She was elected to the judgeship in the 2002 general election, and again in 2006 when she ran unopposed. As a state district court judge, she presided over jury and bench trials involving civil litigation. Elrod remained on the Harris County bench until her confirmation to the Fifth Circuit.

Federal judicial service

President George W. Bush nominated Elrod to a vacancy on the New Orleans-based Fifth Circuit, the primary court of appeal for all federal trial court cases in Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana, She received her commission on October 19, 2007. She maintains chambers in Houston, Texas.

She has authored significant rulings against abortion rights, gun control and Obamacare. The Supreme Court affirmed her ruling on Seventh Amendment grounds in a 6–3 decision in 2024.

On October 4, 2024, Elrod was named chief judge of the Fifth Circuit.

References

Sources

References

"2002 General Election - District Judge, 190th Judicial District".
(March 29, 2007). "PN402 — Jennifer Walker Elrod — The Judiciary". United States Senate.
{{FJC Bio
Sec. & Exch. Comm'n v. Jarkesy, 603 U.S. ___ (2024).
Scarcella, Mike [https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/conservative-5th-circuit-judge-takes-helm-key-us-appeals-court-2024-10-04/ "Conservative 5th Circuit judge takes helm at key US appeals court"] ''Reuters'', October 4, 2024. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
"Press Release - New Chief Judge".

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