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Melinda Harmon

American judge (born 1946)

Summary

American judge (born 1946)

Field	Value
name	Melinda Sue Harmon
office	Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
term_start	March 31, 2018
office1	Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
appointer1	George H. W. Bush
term_start1	May 22, 1989
term_end1	March 31, 2018
predecessor1	John Virgil Singleton Jr.
successor1	Jeff Brown
birth_date
birth_place	Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.
education	Radcliffe College (AB)
University of Texas (JD)

| honorific-prefix = | honorific-suffix = University of Texas (JD) Melinda Sue Harmon (born November 1, 1946) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, best known as the lead judge in the subsequently overruled Arthur Andersen trial. Civil lawsuits against Enron were consolidated in her court; she oversaw class action lawsuits on behalf of both Enron shareholders and its employees.

Education and career

Harmon was born in Port Arthur, Texas. She attended high school in Justin, Texas, then received an Artium Baccalaureus from Radcliffe College in 1969, followed by a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1972. She served as a law clerk for Judge John Virgil Singleton Jr. of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas from 1973 to 1975. Harmon worked as a trial lawyer for Exxon Company, USA for 12 years during the 1970s and 1980s. In 1986 she ran unsuccessfully for election to a state district court bench, but was appointed by the Governor of Texas to a vacancy in the district court of Harris County, in 1987, a seat that she successfully retained by election in 1988.

Federal judicial service

On February 28, 1989, Harmon was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas vacated by John Virgil Singleton Jr. Harmon was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 18, 1989, and received her commission on May 22, 1989. Harmon assumed inactive senior status on March 31, 2018.

Major cases

Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States

References

{{FJC Bio
"History of District Judges". United States District & Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Texas.

Wikipedia Source

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