Donald R. Jr Eller

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Then-Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker appointed Don Eller to begin hearing cases in December 2018. Judge Eller earned a Bachelor of Business Administration in 1988 from the University of Texas at San Antonio and a Juris Doctor in 1995 from the University of Texas School of Law. He retired as a colonel from the U.S. Air Force in 2018. From 1996 to 2018,Judge Eller served as a judge advocate in the U.S. Air Force at the following locations:Barksdale AFB, Louisiana; Randolph AFB, Texas; RAF Molesworth, United Kingdom; Travis AFB, California; Pope AFB, North Carolina; Bolling AFB, Washington D.C.; and Ramstein AB,Germany. In those assignments, he performed various duties including trial judge, seniorprosecutor, senior defense attorney, and staff judge advocate. From 1989 to 1993, Judge Ellerserved on active duty in the U.S. Air Force as a commissioned officer responsible for providingsecurity for personnel and resources at Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. Judge Eller is a member ofthe State Bar of Texas.