Samuel Frederick Biery Jr.

Samuel Biery
Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
In office June 1, 2010 – December 2015
Preceded by	Walter Scott Smith, Jr.
Succeeded by	Orlando Luis Garcia
Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas
Incumbent
Assumed office March 11, 1994
Appointed by	Bill Clinton
Preceded by	Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089
Personal details
Born	1947 (age 76–77) McAllen, Texas, U.S.
Alma mater	Texas Lutheran College Southern Methodist University School of Law

Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. (born 1947) is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

Born in McAllen, Texas, Biery received a B.A. from Texas Lutheran College in 1970 and a J.D. from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1973. He was in the United States Army Reserve from 1970 to 1976, and was in private practice in San Antonio, Texas from 1973 to 1978. He was a judge on the County Court at law number two, Bexar County, Texas from 1979 to 1982. He was a judge on the 150th District Court, State of Texas from 1983 to 1988. He was a Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals, State of Texas from 1989 to 1994.

On November 19, 1993, Biery was nominated by President Bill Clinton to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on March 10, 1994, and received his commission on March 11, 1994. Biery was elevated to Chief Judge on June 1, 2010, his term as Chief Judge ended in late 2015. His court is in San Antonio. His April 29, 2013 ruling on 35 Bar and Grille LLC, et. al. v. The City of San Antonio reached press notoriety for its use of puns, sexual innuendo and double entendres.

References

Sources

• Samuel Frederick Biery Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Walter Scott Smith, Jr.	Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas 2010–2015	Succeeded by Orlando Luis Garcia
Preceded by Seat established by 104 Stat. 5089	Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas 1994–present	Incumbent