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2020 Judicial Comparison
Texas Eighth Court of Appeals
Chief Justice
 Yvonne T. Rodriguez (Democrat) |  Jeff Alley* (Republican) |
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SOCIAL |
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CAMPAIGN CONTACT | |
Justice Yvonne Rodriguez Campaign P.O. Box 920246 El Paso, Texas 79902 | Justice Jeff Alley Campaign P.O. Box 220796 El Paso, Texas 79913 |
CURRENT OCCUPATION |
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Justice Eighth Court of Appeals Place 2 2013-present | Chief Justice Eighth Court of Appeals 2019-present |
UNDERGRAD SCHOOL/YEAR |
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B.A., Psychology University of Mary Hardin Baylor | B.A., Economics Texas Tech University 1982 |
JURIS DOCTOR |
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Baylor College of Law 1993 | Texas Tech University School of Law 1985 Order of the Coif Assoc. Editor, Texas Tech Law Review, 1984-85 National Championship Moot Court Team, 1984 |
YEAR STATE BAR LICENSURE |
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1993 | 1985 |
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE - APPELLATE |
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Justice, Eighth Court of Appeals Place 2 2013-present | Chief Justice Eighth Court of Appeals 2019-present |
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE - OTHER |
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Judge, El Paso County Probate Court No. 1 2006-10 | |
LEGAL EXPERIENCE - NONJUDICIAL |
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Prior to joining the Court, Justice Rodriguez was in private practice. Her practice consisted of criminal defense, mental health cases, child protective services cases, and family law. She has also served as an Assistant Attorney General, Assistant District Attorney, and an Assistant County Attorney. As an Assistant Attorney General in the Child Support Division, her focus was collecting and enforcing child support obligations in addition to establishing paternity. During her four years as an Assistant District Attorney, Justice Rodriguez prosecuted criminal cases from misdemeanors to felonies. She spent two of those years at the narcotics taskforce prosecuting drug cases. At the County Attorney's office, she was assigned to the child protective services unit and represented the State of Texas in child abuse cases. She currently teaches at the University of Texas in the Criminal Justice Department. |
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JURY TRIAL EXPERIENCE |
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BOARD CERTIFICATIONS |
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Civil Appellate Law |
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COURTS ADMITTED TO |
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HONORS & AWARDS |
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PRIOR ELECTION RESULTS |
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2018 Texas General Election Justice, 8th Court of Appeals, Place 2 100%; unopposed 2012 Texas General Election Justice, 8th Court of Appeals, Place 2 62.28% v. Chris Antcliff (R) 2010 El Paso County General Election Judge, County Probate Court No. 1 [Loss] v. Patricia Chew (D) 2006 El Paso County General Election Judge, County Probate Court No. 1 100%; unopposed 2006 El Paso County Democratic Primary Judge, County Probate Court No. 1 58.97% v. Eduardo Vasquez | |
MOST RECENT BAR POLL RESULTS |
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2020 Texas State Bar Tied for 2nd place, 28.18% | 2020 Texas State Bar Winner, 43.64% |
KEY ENDORSEMENTS |
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JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY |
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"Texas Courts play an important role in resolving citizen's disputes, through the fair enforcement of the constitution, applicable statutes, and common law rules. An appellate court in particular is charged with ensuring that the litigants before them received a fair trial in accordance with the rules of procedure and Texas law. An intermediate court of appeals should enforce the law as we find it, and never seek to impose a Justice's own personal will in contravention of the applicable constitutional provision, statute, or common-law rule. |
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OTHER INFORMATION |
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10/29/20 | 10/29/20 |
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