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Ernest Gonzalez

Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas · 2024

Ernest Gonzalez, Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. The Senate voted 88–7 on the nomination on Mar 22, 2024 (Nomination Confirmed).

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Senate confirmation votes

  • United States District Judge for the Western District of Texas
    118th Congress · Nomination Confirmed
    88–7 · Mar 22, 2024

Education

  • University of Texas at San AntonioB.B.A., 1987
  • Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of LawJ.D., 1993

Career

Senior accountant, Southwest Texas Methodist Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, 1987-1991; Assistant district attorney, Bexar County, Texas, 1994-2000; Assistant attorney general IV/special assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Texas (on detail), Texas Attorney General's Office, 2000; Assistant U.S. attorney, Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Forces (OCDETF) Section, Western District of Texas, 2000-2003; Assistant U.S. attorney, Eastern District of Texas, 2003-2023; lead assistant U.S. attorney, OCDETF Section, 2017-2022; chief, OCDETF Section, 2022-2023; Senior attorney advisor, Narcotics and Dangerous Drug Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2023-2024

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From Senate roll call votes, Wikidata, Wikipedia and Office of Government Ethics records.

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