Magistrate Judge Averitte’s service as one of the Northern District of Texas’ Magistrate Judges began in 1987. Born in Fort Worth, Texas, Judge Averitte is a 1971 graduate of the University of Texas (B.S.). He received his Juris Doctor from Southern Methodist University School of Law in 1974.
After law school, Judge Averitte served as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Texas from 1974 to 1977. From 1977 to 1978, he was an attorney with the Dallas law firm of Hiersche, Martens & Averitte. In 1979, Judge Averitte became Assistant District Attorney, Chief, Business Crimes Division, Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney’s Office. He served in that position until 1980, when he became an Assistant United States Attorney, Northern District of Texas, a position he held until becoming a Magistrate Judge.
Judge Averitte sits in Amarillo.