Law school

Southern Methodist University

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
James Latane Noel Jr.	B.S., civil engineering	Judge	1931
George Clifton Edwards Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1933
George Clifton Edwards Jr.	B.A.	Justice	1933
Robert B. Maloney	B.B.A.	Judge	1956
Ewing Werlein Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1958
John David Rainey	B.B.A.	Judge	1967
Terry R. Means	B.A.	Judge	1971
Josh R. Morriss III	Business, Management, and Finance	Chief Justice	1972
Richard A. Schell	B.A.	Judge	1972
Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh Jr.	B.A.	Judge	1973
Nathan Lincoln Hecht	cum laude	Chief Justice	1974
Kenneth H. Molberg		Justice	1976
Stephen Nathaniel Limbaugh Jr.	J.D.	Justice	1976
Elton Joe Kendall	B.B.A.	Judge	1977
David C. Godbey	B.S., B.S.E.E.	Judge	1978
Donna Marie Garza	Political Science	Judge	1978
David William Evans		Justice	1984
Rebeca Carrillo Martinez	Political Science, Criminal Justice & Philosophy	Chief Justice	1989
Kathleene Dennise Garcia	Sociology, Political Science	Justice	1990
Robert D. Burns III		Chief Justice	1990
Julie A. Countiss	History	Justice	1993
Bernard M. Jones	B.A.	Judge	2001
Jodi Warmbrod Dishman	B.B.A.	Judge	2002
Christian N. Weiler		Judge	2005
Barbara Culver		Justice	–
Brandon O. Gibson		Judge	–
Charles Frankin Campbell Jr.		Judge	–
Craig T. Enoch		Justice	–
David Chew		Justice	–
Deborah Hankinson		Justice	–
Edwin G. Ruland		Judge	–
Hilbert Schauer		Justice	–
Jack D.H. Hays		Justice	–
Joe R. Greenhill		Justice	–
Lee Ann Dauphinot		Justice	–
Linda Thomas		Justice	–
Lyle Brown		Justice	–
Philip Whiteaker		Judge	–
Robert L. Smith		Justice	–
Robert M. Clayton III		Judge	–
Sharon McCally		Justice	–
T C. Chadick		Justice	–
Will Wilson		Justice	–

Source: FJC Biographical Directory. Data last verified 2026-08-15. Verify against the primary source before relying.