--- title: "Ewing Werlein Jr. | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ewing-werlein-jr" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Ewing Werlein Jr. U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas - State: Texas - Role: Judge - Service status: senior - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, having assumed senior status on January 1, 2006 - Service: held the role of a district judge until 2006, when he took senior status - Judge, District Court, S.D. Texas, 1992-2006 - First lieutenant Judge Advocate, U.S. Air Force Judge Advocate General’s Corps (1961–1964) - Werlein remains a Senior Judge on the Southern District of Texas bench, with his office contact listed at the U.S. District Court’s website - In summary: Ewing Werlein Jr. is a veteran federal judge with a distinguished career in law, military service, and high-profile litigation, now serving in senior status on one of the nation’s busiest federal courts ### Education - University of Texas School of Law — LL.B. (1961) - Southern Methodist University — B.A. (1958) ### Additional information - Private practice, Houston, TX, 1961-present - Werlein handled 7,707 district court cases (1983–2026), with a median case duration of 239 days. - Confirmation: Approved by the U.S. Senate on April 8, 1992, and commissioned April 13, 1992. - Private practice, Houston, TX, 1964-1992 - Private Practice: Licensed in Texas in 1961; practiced in Houston from 1961 and again from 1964 to 1992. - Appointment: Nominated by President George H. W. Bush on November 20, 1991, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. - U.S. Air Force Reserve captain (1964–1971). - Born September 14, 1936, Houston, Texas. - Date of birth: 1936-01-01 - Of 228 appellate decisions reviewed, 184 were affirmed. - His caseload included criminal, civil rights, contract, and personal injury matters. - Birth place: Houston, 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/1389606) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1389606) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1389606) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/3426/ewing-werlein-jr/) - [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/3426/ewing-werlein-jr/) - [Wikidata: Ewing Werlein, Jr.](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5419050) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ewing-werlein-jr", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/ewing-werlein-jr", "name": "Ewing Werlein Jr. | KnowJudges", "description": "Ewing Werlein Jr., U.S. District Court for the Southern 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.