Thomas Morrow Reavley (June 21, 1921 – December 1, 2020) was an American jurist who was a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Thomas Morrow Reavley
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
Born 1921 in Quitman, TX
Died 2020 in Houston, TX
FJC ID: 1975
- Gender
- Male
- Race
- White
Prior employment
- Private practice, Austin, Texas1957–1964, 1977–1979
- Texas Court of Criminal AppealsSpecial judge · 1978
- Supreme Court of TexasJustice · 1968–1977
- Travis County [Texas] One Hundred and Sixty-Seventh District CourtJudge · 1964–1968
- State of TexasSecretary of state · 1955–1957
- Private practice, Jasper, Texas1952–1955
- Private practice, Lufkin, Texas1951–1952
- Private practice, Nacogdoches, Texas1949–1951
- Nacogdoches County, TexasCounty attorney · 1951
- Dallas, TexasAssistant district attorney · 1948–1949
U.S. Navy1942–1946
Appointments
1979–2020 · Appointed by Jimmy Carter (Democratic)Term ended: Death
Education
- Pepperdine Universityjd
- Austin Collegejd
- Southwestern Universityjd
- Texas Wesleyan Universityjd
- Harvard Universityjd
LL.M. · 1983
J.D. · 1948- University of TexasB.A. · 1942