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Leon Schydlower

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas · 2024

Leon Schydlower, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The Senate voted 90–8 on the nomination on Mar 22, 2024 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas
    118th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    90–8 · Mar 22, 2024

Education

  • University of TexasB.A., 1993
  • University of Texas School of LawJ.D., 1995

Career

U.S. Navy lieutenant, 1996-2000; Assistant staff judge advocate, U.S. Navy Legal Service Office Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1996-1997; Military prosecutor, U.S. Navy Trial Service Office Pacific, Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, 1997-1998; Special assistant U.S. attorney, District of Hawaii, 1998-2000; U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant, 2000-2004; Private practice, El Paso, Texas, 2000-2015; U.S. Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel, 2010-; Assistant staff judge advocate, Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, 2011-2017; Instructor of law, U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General's School, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, 2017-2021; Individual mobilization assistant to the staff judge advocate, Misawa Air Base, Japan, 2021-

Biography

Leon Schydlower (born 1971) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas since 2024. He previously served as a United States magistrate judge of the same court from 2015 to 2024.

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