On July 31, 2019, the Senate confirmed James Wesley Hendrix as a United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas. Prior to his confirmation, Judge Hendrix served as the Appellate Division Chief of the United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas. Prior to that, he was an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, and an Associate at Baker Botts. He also served as a law clerk for Judge Patrick E. Higginbotham of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Judge Hendrix received a B.A., with honors, from the University of Chicago in 2000, and his J.D., with high honors, from the University of Texas School of Law in 2003.
Judge Hendrix’s chambers are in Lubbock.