Event: Law & Order: Northern District of Texas
Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m.–1:00 p.m.
Location: Arts District Mansion
CLE Credit: CLE credit is pending
Join us for a candid criminal law talk with the Acting United States Attorney and Article III Judges, two of whom served as AUSAs, featuring a discussion of white collar case highlights from the October 2024 Supreme Court Term by:
Hon. Matthew J. Kacsmaryk, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Judge Kacsmaryk serves as United States District Judge for the Northern District of Texas. He previously served as Deputy General Counsel to the First Liberty Institute, an Assistant United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas, and an Associate in the Dallas office of Baker Botts LLP.
Hon. Nancy E. Larson, Acting United States Attorney, Northern District of Texas.
She is the chief federal law enforcement officer for the district, which covers 96,000 square miles and a population of approximately eight million. Ms. Larson oversees roughly 220 attorneys and staff across five division offices and is responsible for all federal criminal prosecutions and civil litigation involving the United States government in the region.
Ms. Larson has served as an Assistant United States Attorney for more than 30 years.
Read Ms. Larson’s full bio here.
Hon. Reed C. O’Connor, Chief District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Judge O’Connor is a federal judge on the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. He joined the court in 2007 after being nominated by President George W. Bush.
A native of Houston, Texas, O’Connor graduated from the University of Houston with his bachelor’s degree in 1986 and from South Texas College of Law with his J.D. in 1989.
Hon. Brantley Starr, District Judge, U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Judge Starr is a District Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas. Prior to his judicial commission on August 6, 2019, Starr served as the Deputy First Assistant Attorney General of Texas, from 2016 to 2019, under Jeff Mateer. Starr also served as a staff attorney to Justice Eva Guzman of the Supreme Court of Texas, and worked as an Assistant Attorney General, Assistant Solicitor General, and Deputy Attorney General for Legal Counsel, all in the office of the Attorney General of Texas.
Starr received his Bachelor of Arts, summa cum laude, from Abilene Christian University, and earned his Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law. After graduating from law school, he was a law clerk to then-Justice Don Willett of the Supreme Court of Texas.