Rep. Doggett Praises Nomination of Gregg Costa for U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas

"I welcome the news that the President has concurred with the Texas Democratic Delegation's unanimous recommendation, on September 24, 2010, of Gregg J. Costa for federal judge for the Southern District of Texas.  As one who has excelled in the law and dedicated most of his career to public service and pursuing justice, Mr. Costa will make a fine jurist.  I am encouraged by today's development and hope that his swift confirmation by the U.S. Senate will follow."

Gregg Jeffrey Costa has been an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Texas since 2005.  He previously worked as an associate at the law firm of Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP in Houston from 2002 to 2005.  From 2001 to 2002, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable William H. Rehnquist, Chief Justice of the United States.  The previous year, he was a Bristow Fellow at the Office of the Solicitor General in the United States Department of Justice.  From 1999 to 2000, Costa served as a law clerk to the Honorable A. Raymond Randolph of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.  Costa received his J.D. with highest honors in 1999 from the University of Texas School of Law, where he served as Editor in Chief of the Texas Law Review, and his B.A. in 1994 from Dartmouth College.  Prior to attending law school, he taught elementary school from 1994 to 1996 in Sunflower, Mississippi through the Teach for America program.