Lee Hyman Rosenthal (born November 30, 1952) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Lee Hyman Rosenthal
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Born 1952 in Richmond, IN
FJC ID: 2054
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 3/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 33/year
Texas Southern District Court · 1992–
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
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2016–2020
- Private practice, Houston, Texas1978–1992
Law clerk , Hon. John R. Brown · 1977–1978
Appointments
1992–2024 · Appointed by George H.W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1977- University of ChicagoB.A. · 1974