Amos Mazzant
| Amos Mazzant | |
| Current Court Information: | |
| United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas | |
| Title: | Magistrate Judge |
| Station: | Sherman, TX |
| Service: | |
| Active: | 01/09/2009 - Present |
| Past position: | Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals, Judge |
| Personal History | |
| Home State: | Elwood City, PA |
| Bachelors: | U. of Pittsburgh, B.A., 1987 |
| Law School: | Baylor Law, J.D., 1990 |
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Amos Mazzant is a magistrate judge on the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He was appointed to this position on January 9, 2009.[1]
Background and Education
Justice Mazzant grew up in Elwood City, Pennsylvania, and graduated from the University of Pittsburg in 1987 with a bachelor's degree in history. He later earned his law degree in 1990 from the University of Baylor.[2].
Career
Justice Mazzant began his legal career as a law clerk for Hon. Paul Brown. He then practiced at the law firm Henderson Bryant & Wolfe. He has also worked as a briefing attorney for two U.S. magistrate judges. After this, he became a private lawyer again and was Of Counsel at Wolfe Tidwell & McCoy LLP until July of 2004, when Gov. Perry appointed him to the Texas Fifth District Court of Appeals. He was retained by voters in the 2004 and 2006 elections.[2]
Memberships
- State Bar of Texas Local Bar Services Committee
- Texas Young Lawyers Association committees
- Dallas Bar Association: Bench Bar Committee.
- Co-founded the Grayson County Young Lawyers Association
Personal Life
Justice Mazzant and his wife Michelle have two children, Katelyn and Alexandra.[2]
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References
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| Active judges |
Chief Judge: Leonard Davis • Ron Clark • Marcia Crone • Richard Schell • Michael Schneider • James Gilstrap | ||
| Senior judges | |||
| Magistrate judges | Amos Mazzant • Don Bush • Caroline Craven • Keith Giblin • Judith Guthrie • John Love • Zack Hawthorn • Roy Payne • | ||
| Former Article III judges |
John Charles Watrous • Amos Morrill • Joel Winch • Chauncey Brewer Sabin • Robert Parker • David Ezekiel Bryant • Gordon James Russell • William Lee Estes • David Folsom • T. John Ward • William Justice • Randolph Bryant • Paul Brown • Lamar Cecil • Howell Cobb • Joseph Fisher • Sam Hall • John H. Hannah • Joseph Sheehy • William Steger • | ||
| Former Chief judges |
Robert Parker • Thad Heartfield • David Folsom • Richard Schell • William Justice • Joseph Fisher • John H. Hannah • Joseph Sheehy • | ||
