1ST COURT OF APPEALS
Place 4 (Based in Houston)
There are no Other Official Candidates for this Office
PARTY AFFILIATION
Democrat
Republican
CURRENT OCCUPATION
Justice, Place 4
1ST Court of Appeals
2021-Present
UNDERGRAD SCHOOL/YEAR
B.A. Integrated Marketing Communications
summa cum laude
Abilene Christian University
2006
*Awards: Presidential Scholar, Centennial Scholar, Board of Trustees Award
JURIS DOCTOR
Juris Doctor (J.D.)
Harvard Law School
2009
*Awards: Food & Drug Law Institute, H. Thomas Austern Award–First Place Short Paper Writing Competition
YEAR OF STATE BAR LICENSURE
2009
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE – APPELLATE
- Justice, Place 4, Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas
2021-Present
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE – OTHER
LEGAL EXPERIENCE – NONJUDICIAL
- Appellate Partner, Yetter Coleman L.L.P. (2018-2021)
- Assistant Solicitor General, to the Texas Attorney General (2014-2015)
- Associate, Yetter Coleman L.L.P. (2010-2014)
- Clerk to the Honorable Jennifer Walker Elrod, United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (2009-2010)
COURTS ADMITTED TO
- All Texas Courts
JUDICAL/LEGAL HONORS
PRIOR ELECTION(S) RESULTS
SEAT, DATE, PERCENTAGE
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
MOST RECENT BAR POLL RESULTS
KEY ENDORSEMENTS
JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY
Judicial Philosophy
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