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
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Filemon Vela, Jr., the Democratic congressman for Texas's 34th congressional district
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.