Nancy Nowak

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Nancy Nowak

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Prior offices
United States District Court for the Western District of Texas

Education

Bachelor's

Drake University, 1974

Graduate

Drake University, 1976

Law

George Washington University Law Center, 1980



Nancy Stein Nowak was a federal magistrate judge for the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas. She was appointed to this position on June 19, 1989.[1] On March 31, 2012, she retired from the bench.[2]

Education

Judge Nowak received her B.A. and M.A. degrees from Drake University in 1974 and 1976, respectively. She then received her J.D. degree from George Washington University in 1980.[3]

Career

Judge Nowak began practicing law in 1980 as a solo practitioner in Washington, D.C. The following year, she became a briefing attorney for U.S. Magistrate Jim Hodges in Iowa. She continued to work as a briefing attorney through 1987 with U.S. Magistrate Jamie Boyd of San Antonio (1983-1984) and then with U.S. District Judge Edward Prado (1984-1987). From November of 1988 until her judicial appointment in 1989, she was an Assistant United States Trustee for the Western District of Texas.[3]

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Footnotes

  1. [ Just The Beginning Foundation, "Female Magistrate Judges"] See page 11
  2. Third Branch "Judicial Milestones" August 22, 2012
  3. 3.0 3.1 Biography of Judge Nowak