Honorable Judge Paul D. Stickney (Ret.)
Biography
Paul D. Stickney served 20 years as a Federal Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas from 1998 to 2018.
Early Life
Judge Stickney served in the U.S. Air Force from 1973 to 1975. He received his B.S. degree from the University of South Dakota in 1978 and his J.D. degree from the University of South Dakota School of Law in 1981.
Judge Stickney began his law career in 1981 when he co-founded the Breit & Stickney Law Office in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. He helped run this firm until 1990, when he became the First Assistant Federal Public Defender for the Northern District of Texas. He held that post eight years, until his appointment to the bench in 1998.
Mediation Experience
Judge Stickney has mediated hundreds of disputed cases in his twenty years on the Federal Bench. He has attended mediation-training sessions by the Federal Judicial Center honing his skills. Judge Stickney has the ability to exact fairness thereby gaining the trust of all parties in a dispute. He can fuse the personal with the professional to reach an end goal – acceptable to all parties.
Personal Statement
I am committed to listening to all parties. Disputes arise and are often traumatic to the individuals, and they can be costly. I apply my experience and training in resolving conflict to reduce the negative impacts of a dispute.
Honors, Memberships, and Professional Activities
● Consistently received 90% approval rating in Dallas Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Poll
● Master, William “Mac” Taylor Inn of Court
● Dallas Bar Association TIPS Board Of Directors
● Life Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation
● Federal Magistrate Judges Association
● Federal Bar Association
