District Judge Danny Woodson, 73, of Mount Pleasant died Wednesday night 24, at Medical City Plano. Initial reports are that he suffered a pulmonary embolism on Oct. 20. and had been in a coma.
Woodson was appointed judge by Gov. Rick Perry in 2011 and was elected to a full term in 2012. He was re-elected in 2016.
Judge Woodson was an attorney in private practice, and admitted to practice law in the U.S. District Courts of the Eastern and Northern districts of Texas, and the Fifth Circuit of the U.S. Court of Appeals. He ws a member of the Titus County and Northeast Texas Bar associations, and the State Bar of Texas. Woodson was a fellow of the State Bar College of Texas and past panel chair of the District 1B State Bar Grievance Committee.
Woodson received a bachelor's degree from East Texas State University and a law degree from Texas Tech University School of Law.
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