Priscilla Richman is an American lawyer and jurist serving as the chief United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
23 Facts About Priscilla Richman
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Priscilla Richman was previously a justice of the Texas Supreme Court.
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Priscilla Richman later grew up and went to school in Waco.
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Priscilla Richman worked part-time during high school and college at her stepfather's insurance company.
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In private practice, Priscilla Richman handled a broad range of civil matters at the trial and appellate levels.
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Priscilla Richman was admitted to practice before various state and federal trial courts and appellate courts.
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Priscilla Richman is a member of the American Law Institute, the American Judicature Society, the American Bar Association, and a Fellow of the American and Houston Bar Foundations.
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Priscilla Richman won with 53 percent of the vote, promising to restore integrity and dignity to a court tainted by scandal.
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Priscilla Richman had written articles and lobbied the Texas Legislature to eliminate partisan election of judges, arguing that they hinder the ability of courts to provide impartial justice.
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Priscilla Richman served on the board of Texas Hearing and Service Dogs, which rescues dogs from pounds, provides training for them, and then gives the dogs to disabled people who cannot otherwise afford them.
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Priscilla Richman was part of a committee that successfully encouraged the Texas Legislature to enact legislation that has resulted in millions of dollars per year in additional funds for providers of legal services to the poor.
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Priscilla Richman served as the Texas Supreme Court's representative on the Court-Annexed Mediation Task Force, working to resolve differences between lawyer and non-lawyer mediators, in order to provide an alternative to expensive courtroom trials.
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Priscilla Richman has been a member of the Gender Bias Reform Implementation Committee and statewide committees regarding legal services to the poor and pro bono legal services.
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Priscilla Richman served on the boards of advisors of the Houston and Austin Chapters of the Federalist Society.
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Priscilla Richman was instrumental in organizing a group known as Family Law 2000 that seeks to find ways to educate parents about the effect that divorce can have on their children and to lessen the adversarial nature of legal proceedings when a marriage is dissolved.
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Priscilla Richman had considerable judicial experience as a member of the Texas Supreme Court, and had been rated "Well-Qualified" by the American Bar Association for the Fifth Circuit position.
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Priscilla Richman was the third judge nominated by Bush to the Fifth Circuit and confirmed by the United States Senate.
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Priscilla Richman has served as the circuit's Chief Judge since 2019.
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In 2005, Priscilla Richman was often cited as a potential Bush Supreme Court nominee to replace retired justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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On September 17,2005, Minority Leader Harry Reid informed Majority Leader Bill Frist that Priscilla Richman would be filibustered if she were nominated for the Supreme Court, but Frist believed at the time that Priscilla Richman could still be confirmed in the face of a filibuster.
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In June 2015, Priscilla Richman joined Judge Carolyn Dineen King in reversing an unconditional writ of habeas corpus granted to Albert Woodfox, one of the Angola Three inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary.
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In 2010, Richman joined Emilio M Garza and Edith Brown Clement in affirming the dismissal of the complaint in Doe v Silsbee Independent School District.
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Priscilla Richman sued, claiming a violation of her First Amendment right to free speech.