U.S. Attorney Robert Lee Pitman will be formally invested as the federal judge for the Western District of Texas in San Antonio on April 17. He will be the state’s first openly gay judge. Pitman was recommended for the judgeship last November by the Senate Judiciary Committee and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in December.…
Openly gay U.S. Attorney recommended for federal judgeship
U.S. Attorney Robert Pitman of San Antonio, who is openly gay, was recommended for a federal judgeship on November 20 by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The recommendation now moves to the Senate floor for a vote. Pitman is one of three nominees recommended for Texas federal judgeships. According to the Dallas Morning News, the other…