Norman William Black

Norman William Black (December 6, 1931 – July 23, 1997) was a federal judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas.

Born in Houston, Texas, Black received a B.B.A. from the University of Texas in 1953 and an LL.B. from the University of Texas School of Law in 1955. He was in private practice in Houston, Texas in 1955. He was in the United States Army Military Police from 1955 to 1957, and was then a law clerk to the Hon. Ben Clarkson Connally of the Southern District of Texas from 1957 to 1958. Black was an assistant U.S. Attorney in Houston from 1958 to 1960, returning to private practice in Houston until 1976. He was also an adjunct professor at the University of Houston Law Center from 1970 to 1975, and the South Texas College of Law from 1975 to 1997.

Black was appointed by the court to be a United States magistrate judge for the Southern District of Texas from 1976 to 1979. On February 23, 1979, Black was nominated by President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on that District Court created by 92 Stat. 1629. Black was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 10, 1979, and received his commission on May 11, 1979. He was a Judge in residence at the University of Cincinnati in 1989. He served as chief judge from 1992 to 1996, assuming senior status on December 6, 1996 and serving in that capacity until his death, in 1997, in Silverthorne, Colorado.

Sources

• Norman William Black at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.