Background
Godbey, David Charles was born on September 17, 1957 in Temple, Texas, United States. Son of Charles Perry and Bobbye Lee (Wendland) Godbey.
Godbey, David Charles was born on September 17, 1957 in Temple, Texas, United States. Son of Charles Perry and Bobbye Lee (Wendland) Godbey.
Southern Methodist University (Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, magna cum laude, 1978). Harvard Law School (Juris Doctor, magna cum laude, 1982). Phi Beta Kappa; Tau Beta Pi.
Member, Harvard Law Review, 1980-1982.
Law Clerk, United States. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit, 1982-1983.
Godbey received a Bachelor of Surgery in electrical engineering from Southern Methodist University in 1978 and a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School in 1982. He was a law clerk to Judge Irving Goldberg of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 1982 to 1983. He was in private practice in Dallas from 1983 to 1994.
He was a judge on the 160th District Court, State of Texas from 1994 to 2002.
Godbey was nominated by President George West. Bush on January 23, 2002, to a seat vacated by Robert B. Maloney. He was confirmed by the United States Senate on August 1, 2002, and received his commission on August 2, 2002.
Godbey holds a black belt in taekwondo.
Board of directors Suicide & Crisis Center, Dallas, 1983-1985. Fellow Dallas Bar Foundation (chairman appellate section 1996). Member Mac Taylor Inn of Court (barrister).
Married Beverly Bell, November 17, 1990. Children: John, Ruth.