George Kazen

Nonpartisan

Prior offices:

United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

Years in office: 2009 - 2018

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Years in office: 1979 - 2009

Education

Bachelor's

University of Texas, 1960

Law

University of Texas School of Law, 1961

Personal

Birthplace

Laredo, TX

George P. Kazen was anArticle III federal judge for theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. He joined the court in 1979 after being nominated by PresidentJimmy Carter. Kazen assumed senior status in 2009. He passed away on April 28, 2021.^[1]

Early life and education

Born in Laredo, Texas, Kazen graduated from the University of Texas atAustin with his bachelor's in Business Administration degree in 1960 and later from the University of Texas School of Law with hisJuris Doctor degree in 1961.^[2]

Professional career

Kazen was a briefing attorney for theTexas Supreme Court from 1961 to 1962. From 1962 to 1965, Kazen served as an Air Force Captain in the JAG (Judge Advocate General) Corps. Kazen was a private practice attorney in Texas until 1979. Kazen also served as an Adjunct Professor of Law at St. Mary's University Law School.^[2]

Judicial career

Southern District of Texas

On the recommendation of Texas U.S. Senator Lloyd Bentsen, Kazen was nominated to theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Texas by PresidentJimmy Carter on March 7, 1979 to a new judgeship created by 92 Stat. 1629, which was approved by Congress. Kazen was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on May 10, 1979 and received commission onMay 11, 1979. Kazen served as Chief Judge from 1996 to 2003. Kazen assumed senior status onMay 31, 2009.^[2]

See also

• United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

External links

• The Robing Room- Rate Judge Kazen
• Judge Kazen's Biography from theFederal Judicial Center

Footnotes

v • e Federal judges who have served theUnited States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
Active judges	•  Randy Crane  •  Keith Ellison (Texas)  •  Melinda Harmon  •  George Hanks  •  Jeff Brown (Texas)  •  Alfred Bennett  •  Rolando Olvera  •  Nelva Gonzales Ramos  •  Marina Garcia Marmolejo  •  Diana Saldana  •  Fernando Rodriguez Jr.  •  David Morales (Texas federal judge)  •  Charles Eskridge  •  Drew Tipton  •  John Kazen
Senior judges	Janis Jack  •  Micaela Alvarez  •  Lynn Hughes  •  Andrew Hanen  •  Melinda Harmon  •  Ricardo Hinojosa  •  David Hittner  •  Kenneth Hoyt (Texas)  •  Sim Lake  •  Gray Miller  •  John Rainey  •  Lee Rosenthal  •  Hilda Tagle  •  Ewing Werlein  •
Magistrate judges	Ronald G. Morgan  •  J. Scott Hacker  •  Diana Quiroga  •  Jason Libby (Texas)  •  Ignacio Torteya III  •  Dena Palermo  •  Juan F. Alanis  •  Andrew M. Edison  •  Sam S. Sheldon  •  Julie Hampton  •  Christopher dos Santos  •  Nadia Medrano  •  Mitchel Neurock  •
Former Article III judges	Samuel Kent  •  Reynaldo Garza  •  Waller Thomas Burns (Texas judge)  •  Joseph Chappell Hutcheson Jr.  •  Hayden Head  •  Nancy Atlas  •  Vanessa Gilmore  •  Thomas Martin Kennerly  •  James Allred  •  Adriana Arce-Flores  •  John Black (Texas)  •  Calvin Botley  •  Brian Owsley  •  Norman Black  •  Carl Bue  •  George Cire  •  Ben Connally  •  Finis Cowan  •  Owen Cox  •  James DeAnda  •  Hugh Gibson  •  Allen Hannay  •  Joe Ingraham  •  Gabrielle McDonald  •  James Noel  •  Robert O'Conor  •  Woodrow Seals  •  John Singleton  •  Ross Sterling  •  Filemon Vela (Texas judge)  •  Gregg Costa  •
Former Chief judges	Reynaldo Garza  •  Hayden Head  •  Ricardo Hinojosa  •  Lee Rosenthal  •  George Kazen  •  Norman Black  •  Ben Connally  •  James DeAnda  •  Allen Hannay  •  John Singleton  •

v • e Federal judges nominated byJimmy Carter
1977	Ballantine •Bownes •Boyle •Bua •Carr •Clark •Cowan •Daly •Filippine •Higginbotham •Hoeveler •Hug •Johnstone •Kane •Keith •Leval •Logan •MacLaughlin •McKay •Melton •Merritt •Murphy •Nickerson •Oberdorfer •Roszkowski •Roy •Rubin •Sifton •Tang •Vance •Veron
1978	Arnold •Baker •Boyle •Burns •Campos •Claiborne •Collins •Cook •Devine •Diamond •Duplantier •Edenfield •Friedman •Gonzalez •Greene •Jenkins •Lowe •Mazzone •McMillian •O'Brien •Pfaelzer •Phillips •Pollak •Sand •Shapiro •Simmons •Smith •Sweet •Tanner •Wiseman •Ziegler
1979	Ackerman •Alarcon •Anderson •Arceneaux •Arnold •Aspen •Beatty •Beer •Belew •Bertelsman •Bilby •N. Black •S. Black •Bloch •Bowen •Brett •Brooks •Brown •Buchmeyer •Bunton •Burciaga •Cabranes •Carr •Carrigan •Castagna •Cire •Clark •Cohn •Conaboy •Cordova •Crabb •Cudahy •Davis •DeAnda •Debevoise •Edwards •Eginton •Ellison •Enslen •O. Evans •T. Evans •Farris •Ferguson •Fletcher •Frye •Garcia •Garza •B. Gibson •H. Gibson •Gierbolini-Ortiz •Giles •Gilliam •Green •Hall •Hastings •Hatchett •Hatfield •Hatter •Hawkins •Henderson •Higby •Hillman •Houck •Howard •Hudspeth •Hungate •F. Johnson •S. Johnson •N. Jones •S. Jones •Karlton •Kazen •Kearse •Keeton •Kehoe •Kennedy •Kidd •King •Kravitch •Loughlin •Martin •McCurn •McDonald •McNaught •McNichols •Mikva •Mitchell •Moran •Murnaghan •Murphy •D. Nelson •D.W. Nelson •Newblatt •Newman •Overton •Paine •Panner •J. Parker •R. Parker •Penn •Perez-Gimenez •Perry •Politz •Poole •Porter •Pregerson •Price •Rambo •Ramirez •Reavley •Redden •E. Reed •S. Reed •Reinhardt •Renner •Robinson •Rothstein •Sachs •Saffels •Sanders •Sarokin •Schroeder •Schwartz •Seay •Senter •Seymour •Shannon •Shaw •Shoob •Skopil •Sloviter •Sofaer •Spellman •Sprouse •Staker •Tate •Taylor •Thompson •Tidwell •Unthank •Vietor •Vining •Wald •Ward •Weinshienk •West •Wicker •Williams •Winder •Woods •Wright • Zobel
1980	Aguilar •Aldrich •Anderson •Boochever •Breyer •Britt •Cahill •Canby •Carroll •Cerezo •Clemon •S. Ervin •R. Erwin •Getzendanner •Gilmore •Ginsburg •Haltom •Hardy •Henderson •Hobbs •Holschuh •Horton •Howard •Johnson •Keep •Kelly •Kenyon •Kocoras •Marquez •Marshall •Michael •Nixon •Norris •Patel •Polozola •Propst •Quackenbush •Ramsey •Rice •Shadur •Spiegel •Tashima •Thompson •Vela •White •Williams
1981	Heen