Posted on 05/18/2019 6:53:39 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
The U.S. Senate has confirmed a Beaumont attorney who once ran for Congress to serve as a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas in Beaumont, drawing praise from Texas' senators.
Michael Truncale was recommended to President Donald Trump by Republican U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn after an "extensive" review and interview process, according to a news release from Cruz's office.
"Michael's legal expertise and devotion to serving his fellow Texans will make him an excellent federal judge," Cornyn said in the release. "I thank my Senate colleagues for supporting his confirmation and wish him the best as he takes the bench in Beaumont."
In 2012, Truncale unsuccessfully ran in the Republican primary for the redrawn congressional seat that is now held by Randy Weber. He has been involved in GOP politics for years at the local, state and national level.
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The Federal Judicial Evaluation Committee, a bipartisan panel of leading Texas attorneys which was established by the two senators, reviewed applications, interviewed candidates and made recommendations to the senators.
"The Senate is continuing to deliver on its promise to the American people to confirm principled, constitutionalist judges, and I have no doubt Texans in the Eastern District will be well-served by Michael's professionalism and commitment to the rule of law," Cruz said in the release.
Truncale, 62, was recommended by the senators in early 2018. He will fill the vacancy on the bench created when Ron Clark assumed senior judge status.
Truncale is a partner at Orgain Bell & Tucker and has been with the firm for 34 years where he handles matters that include products liability and commercial disputes.
"We are proud of our partner and wish him well," firm managing partner David Fisher said in a statement. "He will be a find addition to the federal judiciary."
He also was appointed by then-Texas Gov. Rick Perry to serve a four-year term as a regent of the Texas State University System and Gov. Gregg Abbott to serve a six-year term as a board member of the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Board, among other accomplishments.
Truncale has a bachelor's degree in business administration from Lamar University, an MBA from the University of North Texas and a law degrees from Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law.
He is board certified in civil trial by the National Board of Trial Advocacy and in personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
This is the guy milt voted against. So he must be a great guy!
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The reason that milton magicunderwearpants voted against Truncale is that Truncale is a Federalist Society member.
Corny and Cruz!?? Corny can’t be trusted, and Cruz is questionable.
I wish they weren’t so old. We should be putting up 40 year olds like Obama did.
“I wish they weren’t so old.”
Ideally yes but we have an immediate need to plug the dam. Something must be done about these Rat Hack judges imposing their outrages ruling on the entire country. We have Obongo judges usurping the power of the executive branch. In fact the the judiciary has hijacked the control of the nations border from the executive branch. As a result the southern border looks like the Boston marathon.
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