Emilio M. Garza (born in San Antonio, Texas, 1947) is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.

Garza graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1969, receiving an MA there in 1970. He then joined the U.S. Marine Corps, in which he was an officer from 1970-1973. Garza earned his Juris Doctorate at the University of Texas School of Law in 1976.

On February 2, 1988, President Ronald Reagan appointed Garza to the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, to fill the seat vacated by William S. Sessions. The U.S. Senate confirmed Garza's appointment on April 19 of that year. On April 11, 1991, President George H.W. Bush nominated Garza to the Court of Appeals, which was confirmed by the Senate on May 24, 1991.

Garza has been mentioned as a potential nominee to the United States Supreme Court.