The Honorable Fernando Rodriguez, Jr. has served since June 2018 as a United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas, Brownsville Division.  

Judge Rodriguez began his legal career as a briefing attorney for the Supreme Court of Texas. He then maintained a private practice for eleven years with a law firm in Dallas, Texas, representing corporate clients in complex commercial litigation. In 2010, he joined the International Justice Mission, serving over the next eight years as Field Office Director, first in Bolivia and then in the Dominican Republic. In this capacity, he led efforts to work alongside the public justice system actors to secure convictions for child sexual assault and human trafficking, as well as to restore survivors.

Judge Rodriguez obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Yale University and a Juris Doctor with honors from The University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas.