Filemon Vela, Jr., the Democratic congressman for Texas's 34th congressional district
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Filemon Vela, Sr., the former federal judge appointed by Democrat President Jimmy Carter for the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
In Edinburg School District v. Landmark, Vela represented Edinburg to fight for more funding and in Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Independent School District v. Landmark, he represented the district in fighting contractors accused of building another poorly constructed school facility.
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Vela earned his J.D. from University of Texas at Austin School of Law in 1987.