James C. Ho

James C. Ho
Solicitor General of Texas
In office 2008–2010
Governor	Rick Perry
Preceded by	Ted Cruz
Succeeded by	Jonathan Mitchell
Personal details
Education	Stanford University (BA) University of Chicago Law School (JD)

James C. Ho is currently a partner in the Dallas office of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and is a nominee to be a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Ho received his Bachelor of Arts in Public Policy, with honors, from Stanford University and a Juris Doctor with high honors, from the University of Chicago Law School. Upon graduation from law school, he served as a law clerk to Judge Jerry E. Smith of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

He has served in the United States Department of Justice, first as a special assistant to the Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, and then as an attorney-advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel. He has served as a law clerk to United States Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and as Chief Counsel to Senator John Cornyn on the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Before joining his current law firm Ho served as Solicitor General of Texas in the Office of the Attorney General of Texas. He currently serves as co-chair of the law firm’s appellate and constitutional law practice group.

On September 28, 2017, President Trump announced his intent to nominate Ho to an undetermined seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

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