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Biography

Judge Higginbotham was appointed to the Northern District of Texas in 1975 and in 1982 to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Constitutional Law at SMU Law School, where he taught courses in constitutional law and federal courts. He also taught at The University of Alabama School of Law the fall semesters of 1995, 1997, and 1999 (Federal Jurisdiction); at The University of Texas School of Law the fall semester of 1998 (Constitutional Law); and Texas Tech University School of Law the spring of 1999 (Federal Jurisdiction). He also taught at St. Mary’s School of Law. He is a life member of the ALI; Chairman of the Board of Trustees of The Center for American & International Law (formerly Southwestern Legal Foundation); President of the American Inns of Court Foundation (1996-2000); Fellow, American Bar Foundation; member of the Ethics 2000 Commission, ABA; former Chair, Appellate Judges Conference, ABA and member of Board of Editors, ABA Journal. He was an advisor to the National Center for State Courts on its study of habeas corpus. He is a member of the Board of Overseers, Institute for Civil Justice, RAND, and is former Chairman of the Advisory Committee on Civil Rules. In 1997 he received the Samuel E. Gates Litigation Award from the American College of Trial Lawyers, in 2002 he received The A. Sherman Christensen Award from the American Inns of Court, in 2006 he received the TEX-ABOTA Judge of the Year Award, and in 2008 he was presented the Lewis Powell Award at the United States Supreme Court. In 2010 he was presented the Chief Justice John Marshall Award for lifetime contribution to the legal profession by the Judge Advocate Generals Association in Washington, DC. Judge Higginbotham is the author of numerous articles and book reviews.

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