--- title: "Janis Graham Jack | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janis-graham-jack" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-09" --- # Janis Graham Jack 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 - Janis Ann Graham Jack is an American lawyer and former federal judge who served on the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas from 1994 until her departure on October 14, 2025 - Judge, District Court, S.D. Texas, 1994-2011 ### Education - South Texas College of Law — J.D. (1981) ### Additional information - Departure: Left the court October 14, 2025. - Caseload: Over 4,200 district-court cases (1968–2024), with a median resolution time of ~159 days. - Senior Status: Assumed senior status June 1, 2011. - Confirmation: Senate confirmed March 10, 1994; commission issued March 11, 1994. - Appointment: Nominated by President Bill Clinton on November 19, 1993, to a new seat created by 104 Stat. - Private practice, Corpus Christi, TX, 1981-1993 - Private practice, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1981-1993 - Practiced law in Corpus Christi, Texas, from 1981 to 1993. - Born May 28, 1946, Los Angeles, California. - Date of birth: 1946-01-01 - Birth place: Los Angeles, CA ## 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/1382701) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382701) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382701) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/1601/janis-graham-jack/) - [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/1601/janis-graham-jack/) - [Judge Janis Graham Jack](https://www.fjc.gov/node/1382701) - [Wikidata: Janis Graham Jack](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13560955) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janis-graham-jack", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/janis-graham-jack", "name": "Janis Graham Jack | KnowJudges", "description": "Janis Graham Jack, 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.