Jorge Antonio Solis (May 1, 1951 – October 8, 2021)
was a former
United States District Judge
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and former Chief Judge of the
.
Education and career
Born in
San Ygnacio,
Texas
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, Solis received a
Bachelor of Arts
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degree from
McMurry College
McMurry University is a private Methodist university in Abilene, Texas. It was founded in 1923 and named after William Fletcher McMurry. The university offers forty-five majors in the fields of fine arts, humanities, social and natural scien ...
in 1973 and a
Juris Doctor
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and one of several Doctor of Law degrees. The J.D. is the standard degree obtained to practice law ...
from the
University of Texas School of Law in 1976. He was an assistant criminal district attorney of the
Taylor County Criminal District Attorney's Office in
Abilene,
Taylor County, Texas from 1976 to 1981. He was in private practice from 1981 to 1982, after which he returned to the Taylor County Criminal District Attorney's Office as a criminal district attorney from 1983 to 1987. He was a special prosecutor for the Narcotics Task Force in 1988. Solis then served as a Judge of the 350th District Court of Texas from 1989 to 1991.
Federal judicial service
On June 19, 1991, Solis was nominated by President
George H. W. Bush
George Herbert Walker BushSince around 2000, he has been usually called George H. W. Bush, Bush Senior, Bush 41 or Bush the Elder to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; pr ...
to a seat on the
vacated by Judge
Robert William Porter
Robert William Porter (August 13, 1926 – November 6, 1991) was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Education and career
Born in Monmouth, Illinois, Porter was in the United S ...
. Solis was confirmed by the
United States Senate
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The composition and pow ...
on September 12, 1991, and received his commission on September 16, 1991. He became Chief Judge on November 13, 2014. He served as Chief Judge until he retired on May 1, 2016.
See also
*
List of Hispanic/Latino American jurists
This is a list of Hispanic/Latino Americans who are or were judges, magistrate judges, court commissioners, or administrative law judges. If known, it will be listed if a judge has served on multiple courts.
Other topics of interest
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References
Sources
FJC Bio
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1951 births
2021 deaths
Hispanic and Latino American judges
Judges of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
McMurry University alumni
United States district court judges appointed by George H. W. Bush
20th-century American judges
University of Texas School of Law alumni
People from Zapata County, Texas