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CAMPAIGN CONTACT
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Staci Williams For Justice,
Texas Supreme Court Campaign
P.O. Box 225321
Dallas, Texas 75222
214-509-6229
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Texans for Jeff Boyd
815-A Brazos Street
PMB 694
Austin, Texas 78701
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CURRENT OCCUPATION |
Judge, 101st District Court
2015-present
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Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Place 7
2012-present
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UNDERGRAD SCHOOL/YEAR |
A.B., Economics
Smith College
[Northampton, MA]
1981
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Biblical Studies
Abilene Christian University
1983
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JURIS DOCTORATE |
Georgetown University Law Center
1984
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Pepperdine University School of Law
summa cum laude
1991
Editor-in-Chief, Pepperdine Law Review
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YEAR STATE BAR LICENSURE |
1986
also licensed in Pennsylvania (1987)
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1991
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JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE - APPELLATE |
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Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Place 7
2012-present
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JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE - OTHER |
- 2015-present: Judge, 101st District Court
- 1988-91: Trial Attorney & Administrative Judge, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission [Dallas]
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LEGAL EXPERIENCE - NONJUDICIAL |
- 2003-15: Arbitrator/Mediator/Attorney; private practice & Associate Municipal Court Judge, City of Dallas
- 1998-2000: Consulting Attorney, The Wallace Law Registry [Denver, New York]
- 1995-97: Senior Attorney; U.S. West, Inc. [Denver]
- 1992-95: Attorney, private practice
- 1986-88: Assistant General Counsel; Labor Section; Texas Instruments, Inc.
- 1984-85: Judicial Law Clerk, Judge Aileen Petersen, Territorial Court of the Virgin Islands, St. Croix, Virgin Islands
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- 2011-12: Chief of Staff, Texas Governor's Office, Governor Rick Perry
- 2011: General Counsel, Texas Governor's Office
- 2003-11: Senior Partner, Thompson & Knight
- 2000-03: Texas Deputy Attorney General for Civil Litigation
- 1992-2000: Partner, Thompson & Knight
- Focus on civil litigation; civil litigation, defending against product liability, professional liability, personal injury, and business tort claims.
- 1998: Elected partner
- 1-year judicial clerkship for Hon. Thomas M. Reavley, Judge of the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
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BOARD CERTIFICATIONS |
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COURTS ADMITTED TO |
- All Texas state courts
- U.S. Dist. Court, Northern Dist. of Texas
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- All Texas state courts
- U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. Dist. Court, Dist. of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals
- U.S. Dist. Court, Eastern Dist. of Texas
- U.S. Dist. Court, Northern Dist. of Texas
- U.S. Dist. Court, Southern Dist. of Texas
- U.S. Dist. Court, Western Dist. of Texas
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PRIOR ELECTION RESULTS |
2018 Texas General Election
District Judge, 101st Judicial District
64.22% v. Mike Lee (R)
2014 Texas General Election
District Judge, 101st Judicial District
100%, unopposed
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2014 Texas General Election
Texas Supreme Court, Place 7
58.90% (4-way race)
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MOST RECENT BAR POLL RESULTS |
2020 Texas State Bar
3rd place, 19.73%
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2020 Texas State Bar
Winner, 42.26%
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2020 Texas State Bar
4th place, 7.18%
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KEY ENDORSEMENTS |
- Houston Chronicle
- Texas Coalition of Black Democrats
- Stonewall Democrats of Dallas
- Houston Black American Democrats
- Democrats With Disabilities
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- Thomas Phillips, Civil appellate attorney & former Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court
- Raul A. Gonzalez, Arbitrator, mediator, & former Justice, Supreme Court of Texas
- Wallace Jefferson, Civil appellate attorney & former Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court
- Phil Johnson, Civil appellate attorney & former Justice, Texas Supreme Court
- Scott Brister, Civil appellate attorney & former Justice, Supreme Court of Texas
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OTHER INFORMATION |
- Founder, Citizens’ Civil Academy (“CCA”) to educate Dallas County citizens about the civil court system
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- 1994-2000: Board, Brentwood Christian School
- 2001: Board, Goodwill Industries of Central Texas
- 10 years of service
- 3 consecutive terms as Board Chair from 2007-2010
- Longest serving Board Chair in Austin Goodwill’s 50-year history
- Board President, Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas
- Board, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas
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