Twenty-five years of service to the Louisiana legal community recently garnered Maury Hicks ’74 an appointment to the federal bench. Originally nominated by President Bush in September 2002, Hicks received Senate confirmation and, at a ceremony in Shreveport, was officially installed as a federal district judge in the Western District of Louisiana in July. Hicks’ wife Glynda and children Christy ’02, Tyler and Whitney along with associates and friends looked on as he swore his oath, accepting his new lifetime-term post. Experience as a law clerk and staff attorney for the Louisiana Legislative Council combined with a long stretch in private practice prepared Hicks for his appointment as a judge. He was appointed to the Louisiana State Bar Association Committee on Bar Admissions in early 2002, prior to receiving the judiciary nod. “I’m especially fascinated with the federal system, its procedures and authority,” Hicks said. “Moving from 25 years of advocacy to being an adjudicator is a significant change, but one that I’m looking forward to.”