Alma mater

University of Houston

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

Judges

Judge	Degree	Role	Year
Fortunato Pedro Benavides	B.B.A.	Judge	1968
Gray Hampton Miller	B.A.	Judge	1974
Randall William Wilson		Justice	1977
D. Michael Wallach	cum laude	Justice	1979
Charles A. Kreger	Political Science	Justice	1982
Thomas John Baker		Justice	1983
Margaret A. Poissant		Justice	1984
Reed Charles O'Connor	B.S.	Judge	1986
Darlene Byrne	magna cum laude	Chief Justice	1987
Scott W. Golemon		Justice	1987
Alfred Homer Bennett	B.S.	Judge	1988
Georgina Martinez Benavides		Justice	1988
James Wade Birdwell		Justice	1989
Dori Contreras		Chief Justice	1990
Sherry J. Radack		Justice	1991
Tana L Coates		Judge	1991
Kevin Dean Jewell	with honors	Justice	1993
Ken P. Wise		Presiding Justice	1994
Frank L. Birchak		Judge	1998
Claudia Veronica Rivas-Molloy	magna cum laude	Justice	2001
Amparo Monique Guerra		Justice	2002
Julie A. Countiss		Justice	2002
Brian K. Walker		Justice	2003
Cory Lee Carlyle		Justice	2005
Frances Y. Bourliot		Justice	2007
Gerald Lee Zimmerer	Health Law, International Law	Justice	2015
Courtney Hudson Goodson		Justice	–
Eva Guzman		Justice	–
Joginder Singh Dhillon	Intellectual Property	Judge	–

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