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Halbert Owen Woodward

Halbert Owen Woodward

Texas Northern District Court

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

Born 1918 in Coleman, TX

Died 2000 in Brownwood, TX

FJC ID: 2652

Halbert Owen Woodward (April 8, 1918 – October 2, 2000) was a 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. U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
    U.S. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
    Member · 1989–1992
  2. Private practice, Coleman, Texas
    1949–1968
  3. Texas Highway Commission
    Member · 1959–1968
    • ↳chairman · 1967–1968
  4. Humble Oil and Refining Company
    1941–1942, 1945–1949
    • ↳title examiner · 1941–1942
    • ↳land and title supervisor · 1945–1949
  5. U.S. Navy lieutenant
    1942–1945
  6. Texas Employment Commission
    Hearing examiner · 1940–1941

Appointments

  1. Texas Northern District Court
    U.S. District Court for the Northern District of TexasChief Judge
    1968–2000 · Appointed by Lyndon B. Johnson (Democratic)
    Term ended: Death

Education

  1. University of Texas
    B.B.A. · 1940
  2. University of Texas School of Law
    University of Texas School of Law
    LL.B. · 1940