Melinda Harmon

Melinda Sue Harmon
Senior Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Assumed office
March 31, 2018
Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
In office
May 22, 1989 – March 31, 2018
Appointed byGeorge H. W. Bush
Preceded byJohn Virgil Singleton Jr.
Succeeded byJeff Brown
Personal details
Born (1946-11-01) November 1, 1946 (age 78)
Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.
EducationRadcliffe College (AB)
University of Texas (JD)

Melinda Sue Harmon (born November 1, 1946) is an inactive senior United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, best known as the lead judge in the subsequently overruled Arthur Andersen trial. Civil lawsuits against Enron were consolidated in her court; she oversaw class action lawsuits on behalf of both Enron shareholders and its employees.[1]