Profession Attorney | ||
Alma mater Angelo State University B.B.A.
Texas Tech University School of Law J.D. Education Texas Tech University School of Law, Angelo State University | ||
Edwin Scott Frost known professionally as E. Scott Frost, (born 1962) is a United States Magistrate Judge for the Northern District of Texas and is a former nominee to be a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas.
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Biography
Frost was born in 1962. Frost received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in 1984 from Angelo State University. He received a Juris Doctor in 1987 from the Texas Tech University School of Law. He began his legal career as a law clerk to Judge Samuel Ray Cummings of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, from 1987 to 1988. From 1988 to 1990, he worked as an associate for the law firm of McLean, Sanders, Price, Head & Eliss (now Brackett & Ellis, PC). From 1990 to 2011, he served as an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas. Since 2011, he has served as a United States Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Since 2013, he has served on the Operations Committee for that court.
Nomination to district court
On March 15, 2016, President Obama nominated Frost to serve as a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas, to the seat vacated by Judge Samuel Ray Cummings, who took senior status on December 31, 2014. On September 7, 2016 a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee was held on his nomination. His nomination expired on January 3, 2017, with the end of the 114th Congress.