He was in private practice in Corpus Christi, Texas from 1968 to 1969.
He joined the United States Navy from 1969 to 1972 and served in the Judge Advocate General's Corps.
[1] Head was nominated by President Ronald Reagan on September 17, 1981, to a seat on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas vacated by Judge Owen DeVol Cox.
[2] In 2014, Head entered the news for vacating an order by United States Magistrate Judge Brian Owsley to unseal the records of government requests for electronic surveillance in connection with criminal investigations.
The one-paragraph order offered no explanation for the decision and was itself filed under seal.