2016 COMPARISON: Eva Guzman v. Joe Pool Jr.

 

Texas Supreme Court Place 9	Eva Guzman*  (R-Houston)	Joe Pool, Jr. (R-Dripping Springs)
Current Job	Justice, Texas Supreme Court, Place 9	Attorney At Law (Private Practice)
Website	www.EvaGuzman.com	http://joepooljr.com/
Undergraduate	University of Houston Bachelor Business Administration	University of Texas
Juris Doctor	South Texas College of Law, Houston, Texas Doctor of Jurisprudence Duke University School of Law Masters of Laws, Judicial Studies	Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.) University of Texas, Austin, TexasBA – Government University of Texas School of LawMA – Accounting McCombs School of Business
Party Affiliation	Republican	Republican
Year of State Bar Licensure	1989	1980
Judicial Experience – Appellate	Justice, 14th Court of Appeals	None
Judicial Experience – Other	Judge, 309th Family District Court	None
Non-Judicial Legal Experience	10 years private practice before joining bench	Founder/General Counsel, IDGAS Incorporated, 1987-presentPresident, Trans Texas Holdings Corporation, presentAttorneyFormer General Counsel, Alden Self Storage IncorporatedFormer General Counsel, Dripping Springs Water Supply CorporationFormer Real Estate Broker
Admitted
Judicial and Legal Honors	John Ben Sheppard Public Leadership Institute “Outstanding Texas Leader 2015”Recognized by Houston Chronicle “35 Houston Latinos You Should Know” (2015)South Texas College of Law “Alumni Impact Award” (2014)Texas Asian Republican Club “Statesman of the Year Award” (2014)Assn of Women Attorneys “Premiere Women in The Law -Modern Trailblazer Award” (2014)State Bar of Texas Women in the Law Section “Sara T. Hughes Women of Achievement Award” (2014)Sucesos Publications Tribute to Hispanic Women “Woman of the Year Award” (2014)
Last Judicial Election %	65.29% win	28.1%
Board Certifications
Recent Bar Poll Rankings	Won 2016 Texas State Bar Judicial Preference Poll with 66%, out of 5 candidates.
Key Endorsements	Texas Civil Justice League PAC Texas Medical Association PAC Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC	N/A
Judicial Philosophy	Justice Guzman strictly adheres to the conservative judicial philosophy, which is marked by the belief that judges should interpret the law as it is written and leave policy-making decisions to the executive and legislative branches of government.
This info approved by candidate on:	1-14-16	Information gathered from public sources, and not yet approved by the candidate.

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