CHIEF JUSTICE, 6TH COURT OF APPEALS
Place (Based in Texarkana)
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PARTY AFFILIATION
Republican
CURRENT OCCUPATION
Justice, Place 4
1ST Court of Appeals
Since May 2002
UNDERGRAD SCHOOL/YEAR
Degree
School
Year
JURIS DOCTOR
Degree
School
Year
YEAR OF STATE BAR LICENSURE
1988
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE – APPELLATE
- Justice, Place 4, 1ST Court of Appeals since May 2002
- Reelected Justice, Place 4, 1ST Court of Appeals2004
- Reelected Justice, Place 4, 1ST Court of Appeals2010
- Authored more than 1700 opinions in civil, criminal, family, and probate law
- Third most senior judge in the 1st Court of Appeals
- Serves as Panel Chief of Panel C, 1st Court of Appeals
- Intern for Honorable Carolyn R. King, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE – OTHER
- Serving Second Term on Judicial Section Board of Directors, Texas State Bar
- Chair, Texas State Bar Judicial Section By-laws committee
LEGAL EXPERIENCE – NONJUDICIAL
- Partner, Clements, O’Neill, Pierce, Wilson, and Fulkerson, L.L.P., practicing complex civil litigation.
- Served as a Special Assistant Attorney General to then Texas Attorney General John Cornyn
- Member, United States Supreme Court Bar
- Member, American Bar Foundation
- Former National Chair, American Bar Asssociation Young Lawyers Division Ethics Committee
- Life Member, Texas State Bar
- Member, Standing Committee on the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, Texas State Bar
- Formerly served for 6 years on the State Bar Court Rules Committee, Texas State Bar
- Formerly served for 6 years on the State Bar Grievance Committee, Texas State Bar
- Member, Federal Bar for Southern District of Texas
- Member, Federal Bar for Western District of Texas
- Member, Federal Bar for United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- Member, American Law Institute
- Advisor, American Law Institute Government Ethics Project
- Member, National Advisory Council of the American Judicature Society
- Ethics Committee Member, National Advisory Council of the American Judicature Society
- Member, Houston Bar Association
ADMITTED
- US Supreme Court
- Texas Southern District/Bankruptcy Court
- Texas Western District Court
JUDICAL/LEGAL HONORS
- Awarded University of Houston Law Alumni Public Sector Achievement Award
- Awarded the Wall Street Journal Award
- Awarded Distinguished Service Award for Committee Service
- Member of the Rice University Law Alumni Advisory Committee
- Member, Federalist Society
PRIOR ELECTION(S) RESULTS
SEAT, DATE, PERCENTAGE
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
MOST RECENT BAR POLL RESULTS
705 of 1347
KEY ENDORSEMENTS
- Houston Police Officers Union
- Spring Branch Republicans
- Harris County Republican Party
JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY
Judicial Philosophy
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