Judge Mark Pittman
North Texas U.S. District Court
Mark Timothy Pittman was born in 1975 in Big Spring, Texas. He earned an undergraduate degree from Texas A&M University and received his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law. He clerked at the North Texas U.S. District Court before entering private practice.
He was a trial attorney for the Commercial Litigation Branch of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division and then served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Pittman worked as a Senior Attorney at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and also was an Enforcement Attorney with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission in Fort Worth.
He served as a judge on a state district court and was later appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to be a justice in Texas’ Second Court of Appeals.
He was nominated by President Trump to serve as a judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He was confirmed by the Senate after the invocation of cloture. He received his commission in August 2019.
In the News…
U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman ruled that a ban on at-home distilling is unconstitutional. The Hobby Distillers Association, who advocate for the production of spirits for personal consumption, brought the suit against the 1868 ban.
Judge Pittman ruled that Congress exceeded its taxing power and violated the Commerce Clause of the Constitution. He stated, “Indeed, the Constitution is written to prevent societal amnesia of the defined limits it places on this government of and by the people.”
The judge further wrote, “That is where the judiciary must declare when its coequal branches overstep their Constitutional authority. Congress has done so here.”
Judge Pittman issued a permanent injunction against enforcement of the 156-year-old ban, with a 14-day stay of his decision for the government to appeal to the circuit court.
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The Honorable Mark Pittman
Northern Texas U.S. District Court
501 West 10th Street
Fort Worth, TX 76102
