S. Maurice Hicks Jr.

Samuel Maurice Hicks Jr. (born 1952) is a United States federal judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana.

Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, Hicks received a B.A. from Texas Christian University in 1974 and a J.D. from Louisiana State University in 1977. He was a law clerk and staff attorney of the Louisiana Legislative Council from 1975 to 1977. He was in private practice in Shreveport, Louisiana from 1977 to 2003.

On September 12, 2002, Hicks Jr was nominated by President George W. Bush to a seat on the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana vacated by Donald E. Walter. Hicks Jr was confirmed by the United States Senate on May 19, 2003, and received his commission on May 21, 2003.

Sources

S. Maurice Hicks Jr. at the Biographical Directory of Federal Judges, a public domain publication of the Federal Judicial Center.

Legal offices
Preceded by Donald Ellsworth Walter	Judge of the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana 2003–present	Incumbent

Current active district judges of the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals

E. Louisiana	Engelhardt Feldman Berrigan Vance Fallon Barbier Zainey Africk Brown Triche-Milazzo Morgan 1 seat vacant

M. Louisiana	Jackson Dick deGravelles

W. Louisiana	Drell Doherty James Minaldi Hicks Foote 1 seat vacant

N. Mississippi	Aycock Mills Brown

S. Mississippi	Guirola Wingate Starrett Jordan Ozerden Reeves

E. Texas	Clark Crone Gilstrap Mazzant Schroeder 3 seats vacant

N. Texas	Lynn Fitzwater McBryde Lindsay Godbey Kinkeade Boyle O'Connor 4 seats vacant

S. Texas	Hinojosa Hughes Lake Harmon Rosenthal Gilmore Ellison Crane Hanen Alvarez Miller Saldaña Ramos Marmolejo Bennett Hanks Olvera 2 seats vacant

W. Texas	Garcia Smith Sparks Biery Martinez Ludlum Cardone Yeakel Montalvo Rodriguez Guaderrama Pitman 1 seat vacant

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