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David C. Godbey

David C. Godbey

Texas Northern District Court

Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Born 1957 in Temple, TX

FJC ID: 2945

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year

Texas Northern District Court · 2002–200220102020202540
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 12/year

Texas Northern District Court · 2002–2002201020202025120
citing decisions

Texas Northern District Court · 2002–

Both charts share the same year axis. Opinion counts include only opinions in our corpus attributed to this judge so far — a year at zero can mean an attribution gap, not judicial silence. Influence typically outlasts the career: citations keep climbing after the last opinion.

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David Charles Godbey (born September 17, 1957) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.

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Gender
Male
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Dallas County [Texas] One Hundred and Sixtieth District Court
    Judge · 1994–2002
  2. Private practice, Dallas, Texas
    1983–1994
  3. U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
    Law clerk , Hon. Irving L. Goldberg · 1982–1983

Appointments

  1. Texas Northern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of TexasChief Judge
    2002–2025 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)

Education

  1. Harvard Law School
    Harvard Law School
    J.D. · 1982
  2. Southern Methodist University
    B.S., B.S.E.E. · 1978