Janis Graham Jack

Janis Jack
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Incumbent
Assumed office June 1, 2011
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
In office March 11, 1994 – June 1, 2011
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	new seat authorized by 104 Stat. 5089
Succeeded by	vacant
Personal details
Born	1946 (age 69–70) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Alma mater	University of St. Thomas University of Baltimore South Texas College of Law

Janis Graham Jack (born 1946) is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Jack was born in Los Angeles, California. She received a R.N. from St. Thomas School of Nursing (part of the University of St. Thomas (Texas)) in 1969, a B.A. from the University of Baltimore in 1974, and a J.D. from South Texas College of Law in 1981. She was in private practice in Corpus Christi, Texas from 1981 to 1993.

On November 19, 1993, Jack was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas created by 104 Stat. 5089. She was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 10, 1994, and received her commission on March 11, 1994. She assumed senior status on June 1, 2011.

In June 2005 Judge Jack threw out about 9,000 suits against US Silica corp.^[1]

Sources

1. Kimberly Strassel, "Ulizio: He fought the Tort Bar—and Won", Wall Street Journal, May 2, 2009.

• Janis Graham Jack at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.