Ernesto "Ernest" Gonzalez (born 1962) is an American lawyer who has served as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas since 2024. He previously served with the United States Department of Justice Criminal Division from 2023 to 2024.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- Hispanic
Prior employment
Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of JusticeSenior attorney advisor · 2023–2024- Eastern District of TexasAssistant U.S. attorney · 2003–2023
- ↳lead assistant U.S. attorney, OCDETF Section · 2017–2022
- ↳chief, OCDETF Section · 2022–2023
- Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Section, Western District of TexasAssistant U.S. attorney · 2000–2003
- Bexar County, TexasAssistant district attorney · 1994–2000
- Western District of Texas (on detail), Texas Attorney General's OfficeAssistant attorney general IV/special assistant U.S. attorney · 2000
- Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, TexasSenior accountant · 1987–1991
Appointments
2024–present · Appointed by Joseph R. Biden (Democratic)
Education
- Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of LawJ.D. · 1993
- University of Texas at San AntonioB.B.A. · 1987