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Courtney Coker
Nominated Trump 2.0
Nominated to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
On August 18, 2026, President Trump nominated Courtney Coker to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
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Biography
Coker attended Centre College in Kentucky, where he received his undergraduate degree. He then received his J.D. from Mississippi College School of Law.
Legal Experience
After graduating law school, Coker started as an assistant U.S. attorney at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Mississippi. He worked in this office from 2006 to 2019, rising to criminal chief in late 2018. In 2019, Coker moved to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, where he currently serves as the first assistant U.S. attorney for the district.