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Pitman, Robert Lee
Born 1962 in Fort Worth, TX
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Nominated by Barack Obama on June 26, 2014, to a seat vacated by William Royal Furgeson, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 2014, and received commission on December 19, 2014.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 2003-2011
Education:
Abilene Christian University, B.S., 1985
University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1988
University of Oxford, M.St., law, 2011
Professional Career:
Federal Judicial Service:
Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas
Nominated by Barack Obama on June 26, 2014, to a seat vacated by William Royal Furgeson, Jr. Confirmed by the Senate on December 16, 2014, and received commission on December 19, 2014.
Other Federal Judicial Service:
U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas, 2003-2011
Education:
Abilene Christian University, B.S., 1985
University of Texas School of Law, J.D., 1988
University of Oxford, M.St., law, 2011
Professional Career:
Law clerk, Hon. David O. Belew, Jr., U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas, 1988-1989
Private practice, Austin, Texas, 1989-1990
Assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Texas, 1990-2003; interim U.S. attorney, 2001; deputy U.S. attorney, 2001-2003
U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, 2011-2014