Gregg Jeffrey Costa

Professional career

• In summary, Gregg Jeffrey Costa is a former federal judge with a distinguished career in teaching, law clerking, prosecution, and appellate and trial judging, now active in high-profile litigation practice.
• After resigning from the bench, Costa returned to private practice as a partner at Gibson Dunn, focusing on complex civil trials and white-collar defense, and has been recognized in Forbes, The Best Lawyers in America, and other legal rankings.
• Law Clerkships: Clerk to Judge A. Raymond Randolph (D.C. Circuit, 1999–2000) and to Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist (U.S. Supreme Court, 2001–2002).
• Private Practice: Associate at Weil, Gotshal & Manges in Houston (2002–2005).
• Assistant U.S. attorney, Southern District of Texas, 2005-2012
• Private practice, Houston, TX, 2002-2005
• Law clerk, Hon. William H. Rehnquist, Supreme Court of the United States, 2001-2002
• Bristow fellow, Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, 2000-2001
• Law clerk, Hon. A. Raymond Randolph, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 1999-2000

Judicial service

• Judge, District Court, S.D. Texas, 2012-2014
• Judge, Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, 2014-present
• Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Gregg Jeffrey Costa (born June 19, 1972, in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American attorney and former federal judge who served on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit from 2014 to 2022 and previously as a U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas.
• Judicial Service: U.S. District Judge, S.D. Texas — appointed by President Barack Obama, confirmed April 26, 2012; served until June 2, 2014. U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit — appointed June 2, 2014, confirmed 97–0; resigned August 31, 2022.

Education

• Dartmouth College · B.A., 1994
• Richardson High School
• University of Texas School of Law

Personal record

Born 1972 · Baltimore, MD