Former federal judge George P. Kazen dies
George P. Kazen, a U.S. district judge for the Laredo division of the Southern District of Texas for nearly 40 years and whose name now bequeaths Laredo’s federal courthouse, has died at age 81.
Kazen was nominated by President Jimmy Carter in 1979 to this seat on the U.S. district court, and he retired in 2018. He was widely regarded for his genius legal mind and was known as a thorough, fair judge.
From 1996 to 2003, Kazen served as chief judge for the Southern District of Texas, and in 2003 the chief justice appointed him to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.
He assumed senior status in 2009, but Kazen remained extremely active, handling a third of the Laredo Division’s criminal and civil dockets until his retirement.
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(Laredo Morning Times)
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