Ronald Hurley Clark (born January 5, 1953) is a senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He was a member of the Texas House of Representatives from the 62nd district from 1997 to 2002 and was affiliated with the Republican party. He was elected to the 78th Texas Legislature but was never sworn.
Ron Clark
Chief Judge — U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas
Born 1953 in Caripito, Venezuela
FJC ID: 2960
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 7/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 11/year
Texas Eastern 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
- Private practice, Texas1982–2002
- District 62, TexasState representative · 1997–2002
U.S. Army Reserve1980–1990- Abilene, TexasAssistant city attorney · 1979–1982
- U.S. Army1974–1976
Appointments
2002–2018 · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
J.D. · 1979- University of ConnecticutM.A. · 1974
- University of ConnecticutB.A. · 1973