Earl Leroy Yeakel III at a glance
- Current role
- Former Judge
- Current assignment
- District Court, W.D. Texas
- Jurisdiction
- Texas · State
- Judicial service
- Former
Earl Leroy Yeakel III
Former Judge · U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Biography
Professional career
- Judge, District Court, W.D. Texas, 2003-present
- chief justice, 1998-present
- Retired from active service on May 1, 2023, and joined King & Spalding in Austin as senior counsel
- Former United States district judge for the Western District of Texas, serving from July 29, 2003, until his retirement on May 1, 2023
- Justice of the Texas Court of Appeals, Third District (1998–2003)
- Chief Justice of the Third Court of Appeals (1998)
Education
- He later received an LL.M. from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2001.
- University of Texas School of Law in — J.D. (1969)
- B.A. — The University of Texas at Austin — 1966
Additional information
- Joined the court in 2003 after being nominated by President George W. Bush (R).
- Appointed by President George W. Bush on May 1, 2003, to replace James Robertson Nowlin, Yeakel was confirmed by the Senate on July 28, 2003, and commissioned the next day.
- Private practice, Austin, TX, 1969-1998
- Private practice in Austin, Texas (1969–1998)
- Military service Yeakel served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1967 to 1970
- Born April 18, 1945, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
- Date of birth: 1945-01-01
- Birth place: Oklahoma City, OK
Sources
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Biography sources checked October 10, 2026.
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