TEXAS TRIBUNE, NOV 10 2026 –
“….Sullivan has been nominated to serve as a federal judge in the Western District of Texas, President Donald Trump announced on social media Tuesday.
Sullivan, 45, graduated from Harvard Law School and clerked for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals. He climbed Texas’ conservative legal ladder through a series of positions under Gov. Greg Abbott, starting as assistant solicitor general during Abbott’s tenure as state attorney general. He joined the governor’s staff in 2018 as deputy general counsel, then was promoted to general counsel in his final stop before Abbott appointed him to the bench in January 2025.”
www.texastribune.org/2026/11/10/james-sullivan-texas-supreme-court-judge-nominated-trump/
