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William Royal Furgeson Jr.
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas · 1994
William Royal Furgeson Jr., Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas.
Education
- Texas Technological College (now Texas Tech University)B.A., 1964
- University of Texas School of LawJ.D., 1967
Career
U.S. Army captain, 1967-1969; Assistant county attorney, Lubbock County, Texas, 1969; Law clerk, Hon. Halbert O. Woodward, U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1969-1970; Private practice, El Paso, Texas, 1970-1993; Member, U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, 2008-2013; Dean, University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law, 2013-2018
Biography
William Royal Furgeson Jr. (born December 9, 1941) is a retired United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. After leaving the bench, he became the Founding Dean of University of North Texas at Dallas College of Law in June 2013, where he served for five years.
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