by Staff | Jan 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
January 7, 2015 (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/20473/) Gov. Rick Perry has appointed David Schenck of Dallas as justice of the 5th Court of Appeals for a term to expire at the 2016 general election. Schenck is an attorney, Litigation Department member and national chair of the Specialized Litigation and Advanced Motion Practice Team at Dykema Gossett PLLC in Dallas. He is a past deputy attorney general for legal counsel to the Texas Attorney General, past partner at Jones Day and Hughes and Luce in Dallas, past adjunct professor for the Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law and a past law clerk to Chief Judge Henry Politz of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is board certified in civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and is a member of the State Bar of Texas and Dallas Bar Association. He a past member of the Texas Lottery Commission, past advisor for Texas to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals Rules Committee, and past barrister for the Patrick E. Higginbotham Inn of Court. Schenck received a bachelor’s degree from the University at Albany, State University of New York and a law degree from Baylor Law...
by Staff | Jan 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
January 7, 2015 (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/20472/) Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Tiffany Haertling of Denton as judge of the 442nd Judicial District Court in Denton County for a term to expire at the 2016 general election. Haertling is an attorney and partner at Holmes, Diggs and Eames in Denton. She is board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and a member and past president of the Denton County Bar Association. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas Family Law, Appellate and Computer and Technology sections. She is secretary of the Denton County Alternative Dispute Resolution Program, finance chair of the Denton County Mental Health and Mental Retardation Center Board of Trustees and a volunteer for Liberty Christian School. She is also a graduate of Leadership Denton and past chair of Denton County Adoption Day. Haertling received a bachelor’s degree from Arizona State University and a law degree from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of...
by Staff | Jan 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
January 7, 2015 (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/20471/) Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Cindy Bourland of Round Rock as justice of the 3rd Court of Appeals for a term to expire at the 2016 general election. Bourland is an attorney and president of Bourland Law Firm PC. She is a past partner at Merica and Bourland PC and Hance Scarborough LLP in Austin. She is a member of the Williamson County Bar Association, Travis County Women Lawyers Association and Brazos River Authority Board of Directors, and a member and foundation life fellow of the Austin Bar Association and State Bar of Texas. She is past president of the Austin Young Lawyers Association and a past member of the Robert W. Calvert American Inn of Court. She is a member of the Southwestern University Board of Visitors, Capital IDEA of Williamson County and Palm Valley Lutheran Church Personnel Committee. She is also a Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International, a volunteer for the Round Rock YMCA, a member of the Old Settlers Association of Williamson County, and a graduate of Leadership Round Rock and Leadership Austin. Bourland received a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern University and law degree from The University of Texas School of...
by Staff | Jan 7, 2015 | Uncategorized
January 7, 2015 (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/20470/) Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Bonnie Sudderth of Fort Worth as justice of the 2nd Court of Appeals for a term to expire at the 2016 general election. Sudderth is judge of the 352nd Judicial District Court in Tarrant County, an adjunct professor at the Texas A&M University School of Law, and past chief judge of the Fort Worth Municipal Court. She is board certified in civil trial law and personal injury trial law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She is a member and past president of the Eldon B. Mahon Inn of Court and American Judges Association, life member of the American Inns of Court Alumni Association and Texas Bar Foundation, and a charter member of the Tarrant County Bar Foundation. She is a fellow of the College of the State Bar of Texas and vice chair of the Rules Committee Trial Subcommittee, a member of the State Bar of Texas Pattern Jury Charges – Business, Consumer and Employment Committee and Litigation Section, and past chair of the Municipal Judges Section of The State Bar of Texas. She is also past president of the Texas Municipal Courts Association, past chair of the Tarrant County Juvenile Board and a past member of the Texas Commission on Judicial Efficiency Task Force and Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct. She is a board member of Tarrant County Volunteer Attorney Services, a member of the Rotary Club of Fort Worth Music Committee, and a mentor for the Texas Christian University Center for Civic Literacy. Sudderth received a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern California and a...
by Staff | Nov 26, 2014 | Uncategorized
November 24, 2014 (http://www.texaslawyer.com/id=1202677341842/SenatorElect-Proposes-Appeals-Deadlines-Judge-Term-Limits?mcode=1202615604418&slreturn=20141026090831) by Angela Morris, Texas Lawyer A senator-elect who unseated a six-term incumbent has prefiled legislation that turns the heads of many legal observers. Sen.-elect Don Huffines, R-Dallas, has proposed deadlines for appellate courts and punishments for justices who don’t meet deadlines. He also proposed that high court jurists should only serve two terms in office, and that most of the state’s judges—as well as county and district attorneys—should face limits of eight years in office. The senator-elect filed Senate Bill 64 on Nov. 10, the first day that lawmakers could prefile bills. It would impose deadlines upon the Texas Supreme Court and intermediate appellate courts to act on petitions for review. Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Nathan Hecht said that his court and the intermediate appellate courts are already issuing opinions in a timely manner. “I think it tries to prioritize speed over quality, and you know the courts’ first and most important responsibility is to get it right. We recognize that decisions need to be timely, but I think the courts are working very hard to be timely, and I don’t think you can treat all case alike. Some are simple and some are complex. Some take longer than others,” Hecht said about SB 64. Under the bill, the Supreme Court would have to deny a petition within 90 days of filing by not requesting a response. It would deny a petition within 180 days of filing by not requesting briefing. It it requested briefing, it would have to grant or deny a petition within 300 days. SB 64 would mandate that the Supreme Court...
by Staff | Oct 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
October 27, 2014 (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/20278/) Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Donna King of Leander as judge of the 26th Judicial District Court in Williamson County for a term to expire at the 2016 general election. King is an attorney in private practice, associate municipal judge for the City of Leander and a magistrate judge for Williamson County. She is a past assistant county attorney for Williamson County and past assistant district attorney for Travis County. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Williamson County Bar Association and Texas Municipal Courts Association. She is a member of the Ladies Auxiliary to the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #10427 and volunteer deputy registrar for Williamson County Elections. She is also a past member of the Austin Bar Association and Texas District and County Attorneys Association, and past volunteer for Georgetown Independent School District Mentoring Program. King received a bachelor’s degree from Angelo State University and a law degree from Texas Tech University School of...
