Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr.

Education

• University of TexasB.A., 1949
• University of Texas School of LawJ.D., 1950

Career

U.S. Naval Reserve lieutenant junior grade, 1943-1946; Private practice, Dallas, Texas, 1950-1961, 1969-1979; State representative, Texas, 1953-1959; U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Texas, 1961-1965; U.S. Department of Justice, 1965-1967; assistant deputy attorney general, 1965-1966; assistant attorney general, 1966-1967; Legislative counsel, President Lyndon Johnson, 1967-1969; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 1989-1992; Member, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 1992-2000

Biography

Harold Barefoot Sanders Jr. (February 5, 1925 – September 21, 2008) was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and counsel to President Lyndon B. Johnson. He was best known for overseeing the lawsuit to desegregate the Dallas Independent School District.

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