Jerry Buchmeyer

Jerry L. Buchmeyer (September 5, 1933 – September 21, 2009) was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas, Texas.

Jerry L. Buchmeyer
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
In office September 5, 2003 – September 21, 2009
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
In office 1995–2001
Preceded by	Barefoot Sanders
Succeeded by	A. Joe Fish
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
In office October 5, 1979 – September 5, 2003
Appointed by	Jimmy Carter
Preceded by	William McLaughlin Taylor Jr.
Succeeded by	Jane J. Boyle
Personal details
Born	Jerry L. Buchmeyer September 5, 1933 Overton, Texas
Died	September 21, 2009 (aged 76) San Marcos, Texas
Education	Kilgore College (AA) University of Texas at Austin (BA) University of Texas School of Law (LLB)

Education and career

Born in Overton, Texas, on September 5, 1933, Buchmeyer received an Associate of Arts degree from Kilgore Junior College (now Kilgore College) in 1953, his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1956, and his Bachelor of Laws from the University of Texas School of Law in 1957. He graduated from UT's law school with the highest grade-point average in its history—a position he held for 15 years. From 1958 to 1979, he was in private law practice in Dallas, Texas at the law firm of Thompson & Knight.[1][2]

Federal judicial service

Buchmeyer was nominated by President Jimmy Carter on August 3, 1979, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated by Judge William McLaughlin Taylor Jr. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on October 4, 1979, and received his commission on October 5, 1979. He served as Chief Judge from 1995 to 2001. He assumed senior status on September 5, 2003. His service terminated on September 21, 2009, due to his death in San Marcos, Texas.[1][2]

References

1. Jerry Buchmeyer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.
2. Simnacher, Joe Judge Jerry Buchmeyer, who transformed Dallas public housing, dies at 76, Dallas Morning News, 2009-09-22, retrieved 2009-09-22

Sources

• Jerry Buchmeyer at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links

• "Say What?!"
• Dallas Bar Association profile