The Magidson file

Age: 69 2011-March 2017: U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Texas after being appointed by President Barack Obama 2009-2011: Serves as regional coordinator for the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force at the U.S. Attorney’s Office 2008: Serves as Harris County district attorney after appointment by Gov. Rick Perry, to complete the term of embattled DA Chuck Rosenthal 1997-2008: Oversees a swath of southwestern United States as regional coordinator for Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force 1996-1997: Works in the Justice Department in Washington, D.C., as executive director of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force national program under Attorney General Janet Reno 1987 -1996: Serves as narcotics chief for the Southern District of Texas and coordinator for the Gulf Coast region of the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. 1983-1987: Assistant U.S. attorney in Houston, primarily with the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force. 1977-1983: Serves as Harris County assistant district attorney. As chief felony prosecutor in the 177th district court from 1981 to 1983, he sends Jose Angel Cordova to death row on a capital murder conviction. 1976: Receives law degree from South Texas College of Law after serving as a clerk in David Hittner’s law firm, Glassman, Hittner & Cezeaux, from 19751976. 1973: Graduates from the University of Maryland with a bachelor of arts in history 1948: Born in New York but moves as an infant to Washington, D.C.