James Edgar Kinkeade (born 1951) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 5/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 63/year
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.
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Texas Wesleyan School of LawAdjunct professor · 1981–2002
- Fifth Court of Appeals of TexasJustice · 1988–2002
- Dallas County [Texas] One Hundred and Ninety-Fourth District CourtJudge · 1981–1988
- Dallas County [Texas] Criminal Court Number TenJudge · 1981
- Private practice, Texas1975–1980
- Irving [Texas] Municipal CourtAssociate judge · 1976–1980
- TexasLaw clerk in private practice · 1974–1975
Appointments
2002–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
LL.M. · 1998- Baylor University School of LawJ.D. · 1974
- Baylor UniversityB.A. · 1973