Magistrate Judge Toliver is one of the Northern District’s Magistrate Judges. A graduate of Howard University, she received her juris doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1984. Following her graduation from law school, she served as an Assistant Regional Attorney for the Texas Department of Human Services, and as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas. In 1987, Judge Toliver became an Assistant District Attorney for the Tarrant County District Attorney’s office, and, from 1995 until her appointment, she was an Assistant United States attorney. She sits in the Dallas Division of the Northern District of Texas.
Judge Toliver grew up in Fort Worth. Prior to joining the bench, Judge Toliver was a noted felony prosecutor, having, among other things, tried 15 consecutive homicide cases in 1993 as the Chief of the Gang Unit in Tarrant County’s District Attorney’s office, earning her the nickname of “Murder Queen.”
Judge Toliver’s initial term runs through 2018.