Xavier Rodriguez (born 1961) is an American attorney and jurist serving as a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. Rodriguez was previously a justice of the Texas Supreme Court from 2001 to 2002.
Career output and lasting influence
Opinions attributed per year · peak 4/year
Later decisions citing those opinions, per year · peak 8/year
Texas Supreme Court · 2001–2002Texas Western District Court · 2003–
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
- Hispanic
Prior employment
- Private practice, San Antonio, Texas1987–2001, 2002–2003
- Supreme Court of TexasJustice · 2001–2002
U.S. Army Reserve1983–1993
Appointments
2003–present · Appointed by George W. Bush (Republican)
Education
- Harvard Universityba
J.D. · 1987- University of Texas, LBJ School of Public AffairsM.P.A. · 1987
- Harvard UniversityB.A. · 1983