1. Home
  2. Appointees
  3. Jennifer Walker Elrod

Jennifer Walker Elrod

Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007

Jennifer Walker Elrod , Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Jennifer Walker Elrod (née Walker; 1966) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She previously served as a state court judge on the 190th District Court of Texas from 2002 to 2007.

Education

  • Baylor UniversityB.A., 1988
  • Harvard Law SchoolJ.D., 1992

Career

Law clerk, Hon. Sim Lake, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Texas, 1992-1994; Private practice, Houston, Texas, 1994-2002; Adjunct faculty, University of Houston Law Center, 1995; Judge, Harris County [Texas] One Hundred and Ninetieth District Court, 2002-2007; Member, Judicial Conference of the United States, 2024-present

Biography

Jennifer Walker Elrod (née Walker; 1966) is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She previously served as a state court judge on the 190th District Court of Texas from 2002 to 2007.

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More

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

Cite or embed this page

Capitol Receipts, “Jennifer Walker Elrod : Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth…,” https://www.capitolreceipts.com/appointee/j3159/jennifer-walker-elrod (accessed 2026-10-13).