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Edith Hollan Jones

Edith Hollan Jones

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Born 1949 in Philadelphia, PA

FJC ID: 1194

Career output and lasting influence

Opinions attributed per year · peak 22/year

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–198519902000201020202026220
opinions

Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 296/year

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–1985199020002010202020262960
citing decisions

Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals · 1985–

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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Edith Hollan Jones (born April 7, 1949) is a United States circuit judge and the former chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Jones was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on February 27, 1985, to a new seat created by 98 Stat. 333. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on April 3, 1985, and received commission on April 4, 1985. Jones served as chief judge of the Fifth Circuit from 2006 to 2012.

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Gender
Female
Race
White

Prior employment

  1. Judicial Conference of the United States
    Member · 2006–2012
  2. Private practice, Houston, Texas
    1974–1985

Appointments

  1. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
    U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitChief Judge
    1985–present · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)

Education

  1. University of Texas School of Law
    University of Texas School of Law
    J.D. · 1974
  2. Cornell University
    B.A. · 1971