Robert Lee Pitman

Judge Robert Lee Pitman

Personal

Birthday:

1962

Birthplace:

Fort Worth, TX

Race or Ethnicity:

White

Gender:

Male

Prior Employment:

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

Education

Name of School:

Abilene Christian University

Degree:

B.S.

Degree Year:

1985

Name of School - Second:

University of Texas School of Law

Only a large law school devoted to excellence across the range of modern legal education can offer this diversity. UT manages to do so while at the same time offering students intimate settings for study and recreation. The entering class is divided into eight extracurricular Societies, which become hubs of fun and friendship. The first year curriculum includes small classes offering individual attention, and the upper class curriculum is studded with seminars, colloquia, and clinics. Large class or small, good teaching is the norm. Student satisfaction surveys place Texas at or near the top year after year; our teaching track record is seldom matched by any other law school.

Degree - Second:

J.D.

Degree Year - Second:

1988

Name of School - Third:

University of Oxford

Degree - Third:

M.St., law

Degree Year - Third:

2011

Judicial Career

Court Name:

U. S. District Court, Western District of Texas

Court Name:

Texas Western District Court

President Nominating:

Barack Obama

Party Affiliation of President:

Democratic

Commission Date:

12/19/2014

Bankruptcy and Magistrate Services:

U.S. Magistrate Judge, U.S. District Court, Western District of Texas, 2003-2011