Court & Place | Democrat | Republican | Notes/Other |
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Gordon Goodman* (D-city)![]() | Jennifer Caughey (R-city) | Candidate (L) | |
Texas Bar Card Number | 08153500 | 24080826 | |
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Campaign Website | Website | ||
Social Media Links | twitter | twitter | |
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JD School & Year | University of Pennsylvania 1977 | Harvard Law 2007 | |
Other Education | A.B., Princeton University 2004 | ||
Year of State Bar Licensure | 1977 | 2008 | |
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Appellate Judicial Experience | 1st Court of Appeals, Place 9 - 2017-2018 She has authored approximately 80 opinions, actively contributed to approximately 160 other decisions, and issued numerous other orders. Her cases spanned a diverse docket, including matters of statutory interpretation, healthcare liability, wide-ranging criminal challenges, diverse constitutional challenges, parental termination and grandparents’ rights cases, guardianships matters, complex civil disputes, jurisdictional disputes, and various state common law claims. | ||
Other Judicial Experience | Two year-long judicial clerkships: (1) for Chief Judge Tymkovich on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, and (2) for Justice Cordy on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. | ||
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Prior Elections | 2018 General Election | ||
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Judicial Philosophy (Max 250 words) | I am a textualist and originalist who believes deeply in separation of powers, federalism, and the principle that we are governed by laws and not men. Our government is founded upon the rule of law, and judges have the critical role of applying the law as it is written to resolve disputes efficiently and fairly. Judges do not make law; legislators do. Similarly, parties--not judges--draft contracts. If judges do not apply the law as it is written (rather than as the judge may want it to be) then we cease being governed by laws and instead become governed by men. Then individuals and businesses cannot know what the law is and cannot conform their conduct. And we become untethered from democracy. Judges must ensure that laws are applied in a manner that is faithful and easily comprehensible so that litigants, lower courts, and other citizens can understand the law--and so laws, and thus the will of the people, are effectuated. Finally, I believe strongly that every case is worthy of serious respect and consideration. Each case may be the most important in the world to those litigants, and judges must afford each case appropriate time and diligence. The judge should know the law, study the record, and faithfully apply the law to the case. | ||
Misc | Announced 2/7/23 | ||
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