Aspirants to Texas’ many vacant federal benches should get to know David Prichard, a partner in San Antonio’s Prichard Hawkins McFarland & Young. U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Ted Cruz last month named him to head their bipartisan Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, which screens nominees for federal judicial and U.S. attorney vacancies inside the Lone Star State. Texas Lawyer senior reporter John Council sat down with Prichard in the Alamo City to discuss how politics affects the committee recommendations, what law practice areas his colleagues could view negatively and whether anyone ever will fill a long-vacant bench in San Antonio. Answers have been edited for length and style.
John Council, senior reporter, Texas Lawyer, Dallas: You go way back in San Antonio legal circles, particularly with a former litigator and now U.S. senator named John Cornyn. Is it safe to say you have Texas’ senior senator’s ear when it comes to who should sit as a federal judge inside our state?
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