A. Joe Fish

"Joe Fish" redirects here. For Brazilian pilot, see José Martins Ribeiro Nunes.

A. Joe Fish
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Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Incumbent
Assumed office November 12, 2007
Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
In office February 24, 1983 – November 12, 2007
Nominated by	Ronald Reagan
Preceded by	Patrick Higginbotham
Succeeded by	Reed Charles O'Connor
Personal details
Born	(1942-11-12) November 12, 1942 Los Angeles, California
Alma mater	1961 Graduate of Bryan Adams High School Yale College Yale Law School

Allen Joe Fish (born November 12, 1942) is a senior United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas in Dallas, Texas.

Born in Los Angeles, California, Fish received his B.A. from Yale College in 1965 and his LL.B from Yale Law School in 1968. He was a Sergeant in the United States Army Reserve from 1968 to 1974, and was in private practice in Dallas, Texas, from 1968 to 1980. In 1980 he was elected to the 95th Judicial District Court of Dallas County, Texas. From 1981 to 1983 he was a judge on the Fifth District of the Texas Court of Appeals in Dallas.

On January 31, 1983, Fish was nominated by President Ronald Reagan to a seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas vacated by Patrick E. Higginbotham. Fish was confirmed by the United States Senate less than a month later, on February 23, 1983, and received his commission the following day. He served as chief judge of the district from 2002 to 2007, assuming senior status on November 12, 2007.

Sources

• A. Joe Fish at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

External links

• Dallas Bar Association profile

Legal offices
Preceded by Patrick Higginbotham	Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas 1983–2007	Succeeded by Reed Charles O'Connor