Elton Joe Kendall
United States federal judge
Elton Joe Kendall (born 1954) is a former United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Education and career
Born in Dallas, Texas, Kendall was a police officer in the Dallas Police Department from 1972 to 1978. He received a Bachelor of Business Administration from Southern Methodist University in 1977 and a Juris Doctor from Baylor University School of Law in 1980. He was an assistant district attorney of Dallas County, Texas from 1980 to 1982, thereafter entering private practice in Dallas until 1986.
Judicial career
Kendall was a judge on the 195th Texas State District Court from 1987 to 1992.
On March 20, 1992, Kendall was nominated by President George H. W. Bush to a new seat on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas created by 104 Stat. 5089. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 12, 1992, and received his commission on May 15, 1992. In 1999, he was also appointed by President Bill Clinton to be a Commissioner of the United States Sentencing Commission. Kendall resigned from the bench, on January 22, 2002, and from the U.S. Sentencing Commission in 2003.
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