Dan MacLemore sworn in as Waco’s newest U.S. magistrate judge
WACO, Texas (KWTX) - Longtime Waco attorney Dan MacLemore was sworn in as Waco’s newest U.S. magistrate judge in a ceremony this week in Waco’s U.S. District Court.
U.S. District Judge Alan Albright issued the oath of office to MacLemore while MacLemore’s wife, Shannon, held the Bible.
MacLemore, who has a long record of public service in McLennan County, was appointed to an eight-year term, replacing former U.S. Magistrate Judge Jeffrey C. Manske, who retired in June after serving 24 years.
He joins U.S. Magistrate Judge Derek Gilliland, who was appointed Waco’s second magistrate judge in April 2022.
U.S. magistrates are authorized to perform all the duties of a U.S. district judge except for felony sentencings and presiding over civil trials, unless the parties consent. They also set bail, issue warrants and preside over a variety of hearings.
A native of Richmond, Texas, MacLemore is a graduate of the University of Texas and Texas Tech University Law School. He moved to Waco in 2002 and worked as a law clerk for former U.S. District Judge Walter S. Smith Jr. for two years.
MacLemore worked at the Fulbright, Winniford law firm 14 years as a general trial litigator, handling personal injury, construction defect and intellectual property cases while practicing criminal law in federal court.
In 2019, he moved to the Beard, Kultgen, Brophy, Bostwick & Dickson firm, where he was working when he received the appointment.
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