--- title: "Mark Timothy Pittman | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mark-timothy-pittman" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-10-07" --- # Mark Timothy Pittman U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas · Judge ## Profile - Court: U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas - State: Texas - Role: Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Judge, District Court, N.D. Texas, 2019-present - Adjunct professor, Texas A&M University School of Law, 2019-present - Texas Second Court of Appeals Justice (2017–2019): Appointed by Gov - Judge, Tarrant County [Texas] Three Hundred and Fifty-Second District Court, 2015-2017 - 352nd District Court Judge (2015–2017): Appointed by Gov - Special assistant U.S. attorney, Economic Crimes Unit, Criminal Division, Northern District of Texas, 2014-2015 - Assistant U.S. attorney, Northern District of Texas, 2007-2009 - Trial attorney, National Courts Section, Commercial Litigation Branch, Civil Division, U.S. Department of Justice, 2004-2007 - Law clerk, Hon. Eldon B. Mahon, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, 2000-2001 ### Education - University of Texas School of Law — J.D. (1999) ### Additional information - Federal Judge (2019–present): Nominated January 17, 2019; confirmed July 31, 2019; commission issued August 5, 2019. - Enforcement attorney, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Fort Worth, TX, 2011-2015 - Senior attorney, Division of Risk Management Supervision, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Dallas, TX, 2009-2011 - Private practice, Forth Worth, TX, 2001-2004 - Private practice, Forth Worth, TX, 1999-2000 - Date of birth: 1975-01-01 - Greg Abbott. - Rick Perry. - Federal service: DOJ trial attorney, Assistant U.S. Attorney, FDIC senior attorney, SEC enforcement attorney. - Birth place: Big Spring, TX ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote testimony Scope: courtwide In federal district-court civil proceedings, testimony is ordinarily taken in open court; remote contemporaneous testimony requires good cause in compelling circumstances and appropriate safeguards. Evidence excerpt: For good cause in compelling circumstances and with appropriate safeguards, the court may permit testimony in open court by contemporaneous transmission from a different location. [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### criminal recording and broadcasting Scope: courtwide Federal district courts may not permit courtroom photography or broadcasting during criminal judicial proceedings unless a statute or another federal rule provides an exception. Evidence excerpt: Except as otherwise provided by a statute or these rules, the court must not permit the taking of photographs in the courtroom during judicial proceedings or the broadcasting of judicial proceedings from the courtroom. [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6840196) - [Official roster](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6840196) - [Federal Judicial Center biography](https://www.fjc.gov/node/6840196) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14412/mark-timothy-pittman/) - [Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 43(a), Testimony in Open Court](https://www.uscourts.gov/forms-rules/current-rules-practice-procedure/federal-rules-civil-procedure) - [Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 53, Courtroom Photographing and Broadcasting Prohibited](https://www.uscourts.gov/court-records/access-court-proceedings/remote-public-access-proceedings/history-cameras-broadcasting-and-remote-public-access-courts) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/14412/mark-timothy-pittman/) - [Wikidata: Mark T. Pittman](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q60665424) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mark-timothy-pittman", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/mark-timothy-pittman", "name": "Mark Timothy Pittman | KnowJudges", "description": "Mark Timothy Pittman, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas. 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Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27. - [Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, December 1, 2025](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-8721a344fececced2257fe1d) — Criminal proceedings in United States District Courts; this conservative mapping does not distribute appellate-specific provisions to appellate judges. Section-specific exceptions, waivers, later amendments and case orders remain applicable. This is a source excerpt, not an exhaustive statement of the rule. [Official source](https://www.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/document/federal-rules-of-criminal-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-10-27.