--- title: "Brantley David Starr | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brantley-david-starr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Brantley David Starr U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas - State: Texas - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Texas, 2019-present - United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, appointed by President Donald J. Trump and confirmed by the Senate on July 31, 2019 - He held the role of Fellow and Assistant Solicitor General (2006–2008), practiced law at King & Spalding LLP (2008–2011), and returned to the Texas Attorney General’s Office as Deputy Attorney General for Legal Counsel (2015–2016) and Deputy First Assistant Attorney General (2016–2019) - Staff attorney, Hon. Eva Guzman, Supreme Court of Texas, 2011-2014 - Law clerk, Hon. Don Willett, Supreme Court of Texas, 2005-2006 - Assistant attorney general, State of Texas, 2004-2005 - He clerked for then–Justice Don Willett of the Texas Supreme Court, later working as staff attorney to Justice Eva Guzman, and in various roles at the Texas Attorney General’s Office ### Education - a J.D. from the University of Texas School of Law in 2004, where he held the role of editor-in-chief of the Texas Review of Law and Politics. - B.A. summa cum laude from Abilene Christian University in 2001 ### Additional information - In May 2023, he banned lawyers from submitting AI-generated case filings without human review, citing risks of hallucinations, bias, and unreliability. - Private practice, Austin, TX, 2008-2011 - Born 1979 in San Antonio, Texas. - Date of birth: 1979-01-01 - As a district judge, Starr handles a broad range of federal cases, including civil rights, contract, intellectual property, and other federal matters. - Starr has taught The Origins of the Constitution at University of Texas, Texas A&M, and SMU law schools. - He is also a member of the Judicial Education Institute’s Board of Directors - Birth place: San Antonio, TX ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6840706) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6840706) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6840706) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14422/brantley-david-starr/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14422/brantley-david-starr/) - [Wikidata: Brantley Starr](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q62001042) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brantley-david-starr", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/brantley-david-starr", "name": "Brantley David Starr | KnowJudges", "description": "Brantley David Starr, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.