J. Rodney Gilstrap | |
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Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | |
Assumed office March 1, 2018 | |
Preceded by | Ron Clark |
Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | |
Assumed office December 6, 2011 | |
Appointed by | Barack Obama |
Preceded by | Thad Heartfield |
Personal details | |
Born | Pensacola, Florida, U.S. | May 1, 1957
Education | Baylor University (BA, JD) |
James Rodney Gilstrap (born May 1, 1957) is the chief United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He is notable for presiding over more than one quarter of all patent infringement cases filed in the nation and is often referred to by various sources as the country's single "busiest patent judge."[1][2]