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Mark T. Pittman was sworn in as United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, on August 8, 2019.

Immediately preceding his appointment to the federal bench, Judge Pittman was an Associate Justice on the Court of Appeals for the Second District of Texas, a position Governor Greg Abbot appointed him to in January 2017. Prior to serving on the Second Court of Appeals, Judge Pittman served on the trial bench of the 352nd Judicial District Court in Tarrant County, an appointment he received from Governor Rick Perry in January 2015.

In addition to his service in the judiciary, Judge Pittman is also an experienced litigator, having served as an Enforcement Attorney at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Fort Worth, a Special Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern District of Texas prosecuting economic crimes, a Senior Attorney for the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in Dallas, an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas in Fort Worth, and a Trial Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Civil Division, Commercial Litigation Branch in Washington, D.C.

Before entering government service Judge Pittman was a civil litigation attorney with Kelly, Hart and Hallman, and a law clerk to the Honorable Eldon B. Mahon of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division.