Priscilla Owen

Priscilla Owen
Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Incumbent
Assumed office June 6, 2005
Appointed by	George W. Bush
Preceded by	William Garwood
Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court
In office January 1, 1995 – June 6, 2005
Preceded by	Lloyd Doggett
Succeeded by	Don R. Willett
Personal details
Born	(1954-10-04) October 4, 1954 (age 62) Palacios, Texas, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Education	University of Texas, Austin Baylor University (BA, JD)

Priscilla Richman Owen (born October 4, 1954) is a federal judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She was previously a Justice on the Texas Supreme Court.

Priscilla Owen was born in Palacios, Texas. Her earliest years were spent on her family's farm in Collegeport. She later grew up and went to school in Waco. She worked part-time during high school and college at her stepfather's insurance company. During summers, she returned to Collegeport, working in rice fields and herding cattle.

Owen started college at the University of Texas at Austin and later transferred to Baylor University to be near her family in Waco. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, from Baylor. She then went to Baylor Law School, where she became editor of the Baylor Law Review, and graduated cum laude in 1977, receiving a Juris Doctor degree. From among approximately 400 examinees, at age 23, she received the highest score on the December 1977 Texas bar examination.

She joined the Andrews & Kurth law firm in Houston, as a litigator, specializing in oil and gas litigation. She made partner at the age of 30. In private practice, Owen handled a broad range of civil matters at the trial and appellate levels. She was admitted to practice before various state and federal trial courts and appellate courts. She is a member of the American Law Institute, the American Judicature Society, the American Bar Association, and a Fellow of the American and Houston Bar Foundations.

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