Allen Joe Fish (born November 12, 1942) is a
senior United States district judge of the
in
Dallas,
Texas.
Education and career
Born in
Los Angeles,
California, Fish received his
Bachelor of Arts degree from
Yale University in 1965 and his
Bachelor of Laws from
Yale Law School in 1968. He was a Sergeant in the
United States Army Reserve from 1968 to 1974, and was in private practice in
Dallas,
Texas, from 1968 to 1980. In 1980 he was elected to the 95th Judicial District Court of
Dallas County Dallas County may refer to:
Places in the USA:
* Dallas County, Alabama, founded in 1818, the first county in the United States by that name
* Dallas County, Arkansas
* Dallas County, Iowa
* Dallas County, Missouri
* Dallas County, Texas, the nint ...
, Texas. From 1981 to 1983 he was a judge on the Fifth District of the Texas Court of Appeals in Dallas.
Federal judicial service
On January 31, 1983, Fish was nominated by President
Ronald Reagan
Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...
to a seat on the
vacated by Judge
Patrick Higginbotham
Patrick Errol Higginbotham (born December 16, 1938) is an American judge and lawyer who serves as a Senior United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Background and education
Judge Higginbotham wa ...
. Fish was confirmed by the
United States Senate less than a month later, on February 23, 1983, and received his commission the following day. He served as Chief Judge of the district from 2002 to 2007, assuming
senior status on November 12, 2007.
References
External links
*
Dallas Bar Association profile
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Living people
1942 births
Lawyers from Dallas
Lawyers from Los Angeles
Military personnel from Dallas
Bryan Adams High School alumni
Yale Law School alumni
Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
United States district court judges appointed by Ronald Reagan
20th-century American judges
United States Army soldiers
21st-century American judges