Priscilla Richman (formerly Priscilla Richman Owen; born October 4, 1954) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She served as Chief Judge of that court from 2019 to 2024. She was previously a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 1995 to 2005.
Priscilla Richman
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Chief Judge — U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Born 1954 in Palacios, TX
FJC ID: 3087
- Gender
- Female
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Judicial Conference of the United StatesMember · 2019–2024
- Supreme Court of TexasJustice · 1995–2005
- Private practice, Houston, Texas1978–1994
Appointments
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth CircuitChief Judge2005–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- Baylor Universityba
- Baylor University School of LawJ.D. · 1977
- Baylor UniversityB.A. · 1975