Magistrate Judge Roy Payne was sworn in as a United States Magistrate Judge for the Eastern District of Texas in the Marshall division on December 28, 2011. He was chosen from over 55 candidates for the position.
Judge Payne has extensive prior experience as a federal magistrate judge, having served in that capacity for the Western District of Louisiana from 1987 to 2005. He also worked as a law professor, practicing attorney, and judicial law clerk. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Education
- Harvard Law School, LL.M.
- Louisiana State University Law School, J.D., 1977 (Order of the Coif, Phi Kappa Phi; Associate Editor, Louisiana Law Review)
- University of Virginia, B.A., with distinction, 1974
Career
- Law clerk to Hon. Tom Stagg, U.S. District Court, Western District of Louisiana (1977–1979)
- Instructor, New England School of Law (1979–1980)
- Attorney, Blanchard, Walker, O'Quin & Roberts, Shreveport, LA (1980–1987)
- U.S. Magistrate Judge, Western District of Louisiana, Shreveport (1987–2005)
- Partner, Gregorio, Gregory & Payne, Shreveport, LA (2005–2011)