Richard Alexander Schell (born March 10, 1950) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.
Richard A. Schell
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Born 1950 in Dallas, TX
FJC ID: 2113
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 15/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 30/year
Texas Eastern District Court · 1988–2015
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
Visiting professor · 2010–present- Collin County [Texas] Two Hundred and Nineteenth District CourtJudge · 1986–1988
- Collin County [Texas] Court at LawJudge · 1982–1986
- Private practice, McKinney, Texas1977–1982
- Southern Methodist University Law SchoolInstructor · 1975–1976
- Collin County, TexasAssistant district attorney · 1976
Appointments
1988–2015 · Appointed by Ronald Reagan (Republican)
Education
- Southern Methodist University School of Law (now Dedman School of Law)J.D. · 1975
- Southern Methodist UniversityB.A. · 1972