--- title: "Jeremy Daniel Kernodle | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jeremy-d-kernodle" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Jeremy Daniel Kernodle U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas - State: Texas - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official judge-specific and circuitwide procedural guidance has been located for this profile. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, E.D. Texas, 2018-present - American federal judge serving since 2018 on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas - 2006–2018: Partner, Haynes & Boone (Dallas), founder and chair of the firm’s False Claims Act practice group; focused on healthcare litigation and representation of healthcare providers and government contractors - Attorney-advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice, 2005-2006 - 2002–2005: Associate, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C - 2001–2002: Law clerk to Hon. Gerald B. Tjoflat, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ### Education - Vanderbilt University Law School (2001): J.D., ranked first in his class; articles editor of the Vanderbilt Law Review. - Harding University (1998): B.A. and B.B.A., summa cum laude. ### Additional information - Commission issued: November 2, 2018. - Senate confirmation: October 11, 2018, by voice vote. - Nominated: January 23, 2018, by President Donald Trump to replace Michael H. Schneider Sr., who had assumed senior status in 2016. - Private practice, Dallas, TX, 2006-2018 - Private practice, Washington, D.C., 2002-2005 - Born 1976 in Memphis, Tennessee. - Date of birth: 1976-01-01 - Official court site:. - Former president of the Dallas Chapter of the Federal Bar Association and Federalist Society. - Birth place: Memphis, TN ## 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 ### presentation procedure Scope: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: It is the obligation of the party offering such a witness to arrange for an interpreter to be present at trial. Exhibit List : Each party shall file a list of exhibits (including demonstrative exhibits) to be offered at trial using the template available on Judge Kernodle’s website . The list of exhibits shall describe… [Patent%20Scheduling%20Order.docx](https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Patent%20Scheduling%20Order.docx) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### presentation procedure Scope: judge specific Judge-specific source Evidence excerpt: It is the obligation of the party offering such a witness to arrange for an interpreter to be present at trial. Exhibit List: Each party shall file a list of exhibits (including demonstrative exhibits) to be offered at trial using the template available on Judge Kernodle’s website . The list of exhibits shall describe with… [Standard%20Scheduling%20Order.docx](https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standard%20Scheduling%20Order.docx) Source checked: 2026-07-24 ### 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/5374586) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5374586) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/5374586) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/8591/jeremy-daniel-kernodle/) - [Patent%20Scheduling%20Order.docx](https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Patent%20Scheduling%20Order.docx) - [Standard%20Scheduling%20Order.docx](https://www.txed.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/judgeFiles/Standard%20Scheduling%20Order.docx) - [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/8591/jeremy-daniel-kernodle/) - [Wikidata: Jeremy D. Kernodle](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47488441) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jeremy-d-kernodle", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/jeremy-d-kernodle", "name": "Jeremy Daniel Kernodle | KnowJudges", "description": "Jeremy Daniel Kernodle, U.S. District Court for the Eastern 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.