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Ricardo Hinojosa's Biography

Contact Information

Office

United States Courthouse
1701 West Business Highway 83
Mcallen, TX 78501

Full Name:

Ricardo H. Hinojosa

Gender:

Male

Birth Date:

1950

Birth Place:

Rio Grande City, TX

JD, Harvard Law School, 1975

BA, University of Texas, Austin, 1972

No political experience information on file.

Member, Committee on Defender Services of the Judicial Conference of the United States

Member, Magistrate Judges' Committee of the Judicial Council of the Fifth Circuit

Chair/Member, United States Sentencing Commission, 2003-2014

Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1983-2009, 2016-present

Chief Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, 2009-2016

Lawyer, Private Practice, McAllen, Texas, 1976-1983

Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, April 12, 1983

Confirmed by the United States Senate, Judge, United States District Court, Southern District of Texas, May 4, 1983

Law Clerk, Texas Supreme Court, 1975-1976

Member, American Law Institute Advisors Group to the Model Penal Code Sentencing Project

Chairman, Board of Regents of the University of Texas-Pan American

Chairman, Texas Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution

Judicial Liaison Member, Texas State Bar Board of Directors

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