Background
Hughes, Lynn Nettleton was born on September 9, 1941 in Houston, Texas, United States.
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Lynn Nettleton Hughes
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Bachelor, U. Alabama, 1963; Juris Doctor, University Texas, 1968; Master of Laws, University of Virginia, 1992.
Career
Private practice,, Houston, 1966-1979;
judge, District Court Texas, Houston, 1979-1985;
United States district judge, Southern District Texas, Houston, since 1985. Adjunct Professor South Texas College Law, since 1973, University Texas, 1990-1991. Texas delegate National Conference State Trial Judges, 1983-1985.
Consultant Texas Judicial Budget Board, 1984. Lecturer Texas College Judiciary, 1983. Member task force on revision rules of civil procedure Supreme Court Texas, 1993-1994.
Consultant on constitution Republic of Moldova, 1993, European Community, 1989, Ukraine, 1995, Romania, 1996, Albania, 1997.
Achievements
Membership
Trustee Rift Valley Research Mission, since 1978. Member St. Martin's EpiscopalCh. Director Houston World Affairs Council, since 1997.
Fellow Texas Bar Foundation. Member American Bar Association, Federal Bar Association (board directors Houston chapter 1986-1989), American Law Institute, Maritime Law Association, Houston Bar Association, Texas Bar Association (nominations committee judicial section 1983, court cost, delay and efficiency committee 1981-1990, vice chairman 1984-1986, selection, compensation and tenure state judges committee 1981-1985, vice chairman 1982-1983, liaison with law schools committee 1987-1992, plain language committee 1989-1996), American Judicature Society, American Society Legal History, American Anthrop Association, Houston Philosophical Society, American Inns of Court XV (president 1986-1992), Phi Delta Phi.
Connections
M. Olive Allen.
