Alma mater

Baylor University

35 U.S. federal judges studied here. See where it ranks among law schools by judges produced.

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Samuel D. Johnson Jr.	B.B.A.	Judge	1946
William Steele Sessions	B.A.	Judge	1956
Walter Scott Smith Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1964
James E. Kinkeade	B.A.	Judge	1973
Priscilla Richman	B.A.	Judge	1975
Sidney Allen Fitzwater	B.A.	Judge	1975
Lana Rolf Myers	Fine Arts, magna cum laude	Presiding Justice	1976
James Rodney Gilstrap	B.A.	Judge	1978
Richard F. Hightower	English	Justice	1978
Dabney D. Bassel		Justice	1982
Dana Michelle Womack		Justice	1982
Thomas W. Gray	cum laude, with honors	Chief Justice	1985
Matthew E. Johnson		Justice	1986
Charles Adkin Spain Jr.		Justice	1988
Don R. Willett	B.B.A.	Judge	1988
Jennifer Walker Elrod	B.A.	Judge	1988
Lawrence M. Doss	Communications	Justice	1991
David J. Schenke		Justice	1992
Yvonne T. Rodriguez		Chief Justice	1993
Christopher Robert Wolfe	B.A.	Judge	1995
William N. Pedersen III		Justice	2001
Joshua Powers Searcy		U.S. Bankruptcy Judge	2005
A J. Folley		Justice	–
Abner V. McCall		Justice	–
Corinne K.A. Watanabe		Judge	–
Don R. Willett		Justice	–
Jack Hightower		Justice	–
James P. Alexander		Justice	–
John Boyd		Chief Justice	–
Price Daniel Sr.		Justice	–
Priscilla Richman Owen		Justice	–
Robert M. Campbell		Justice	–
Sam Johnson		Justice	–
Samuel Houston Clinton Jr.		Judge	–
Thomas R. Phillips		Justice	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-09-30. Verify against the primary source before relying.