Jennifer Walker Elrod

Jennifer Walker Elrod
Elrod in 2007
Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Assumed office
October 4, 2024
Preceded byPriscilla Richman
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Assumed office
October 19, 2007
Appointed byGeorge W. Bush
Preceded byPatrick Higginbotham
Judge of the 190th District Court of Texas
In office
April 23, 2002 – October 4, 2007
Appointed byRick Perry
Preceded byJohn P. Devine
Succeeded byPatricia J. Kerrigan
Personal details
Born
Jennifer Leigh Walker

(1966-09-06) September 6, 1966 (age 58)
Port Arthur, Texas, U.S.
Political partyRepublican[1]
EducationBaylor University (BA)
Harvard University (JD)

Jennifer Walker Elrod (born Jennifer Leigh Walker; September 6, 1966) 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. She previously served as a state court judge on the 190th District Court of Texas from 2002 to 2007.

  1. ^ "2002 General Election - District Judge, 190th Judicial District". Texas Secretary of State.