Judge Kazen was the founding president of Laredo Legal Aid, since renamted Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid. He assumed senior status on and remained in that capacity for nine years. Kazen served as a member of the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court from 2003 to 2010. He served as chief judge from 1996 to 2003. On May 10, 1979, Kazen was confirmed by the United States Senate, and he received his commission of office the following day. President Jimmy Carter to a new seat on the federal court for the Southern District of Texas created by 92 Stat. On March 7, 1979, Kazen was nominated by U.S. Laredo federal judge retires after nearly 40 years on the bench (), March 13, 2018, accessed May 1, 2021. He practiced law with the firm Mann, Freed, Kazen & Hansen from 1965 go 1979 before he was named judge. He was a briefing attorney for the Texas Supreme Court from 1961 to 1962, and was from 1962 to 1965 a captain in the United States Air Force, Judge Advocate General's Corps.
In 1961, he passed the Texas bar examination with the highest score recorded in fifteen years. He was the case-note editor of the Texas Law Review and graduated with honors as UT Law’s Grand Chancellor, an award presented to the student with the highest-grade point average. In 1961, he obtained his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Texas School of Law. In 1960, George Kazen received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree from the University of Texas. Drusilla Kazen was a dancer who studied under Valentina, the dancer, actress, and fashion designer. Perkins, also the publisher of The Sioux City Journal. She was the last surviving grandchild of Republican U.S. Drusilla Kazen, known as "Duchess" Kazen, was the daughter of Samuel Julien Perkins and the former Marion McDermott. James Kazen was subsequently a long-term Democratic district attorney and district judge for the 49th Judicial District of Texas. James and Drusilla met at the University of Texas at Austin, where both were students. James Kazen (1912-2003) and the former Drusilla Marie Perkins (1917-2011), a native of Sioux City, Iowa. Born on Leap Day, 1940, Kazen was descended from immigrants from Lebanon.
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