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2020 Judicial Comparison
Texas Supreme Court
Place 8




Gisela Triana
(Democrat)




Brett Busby*
(Republican)




Tom Oxford
(Libertarian)


SOCIAL

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CAMPAIGN CONTACT

Judge Gisela Triana Campaign
P.O. Box 302012
Austin, Texas 78703
(512) 915-1013
Email


Justice Brett Busby Campaign
P.O. Box 684281
Austin, Texas 78768
(713)443-2583
Email


CURRENT OCCUPATION

Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals
Place 6
2019-present


Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Place 8
2019-present


Managing Attorney, Walden Smallwood P.C.
Place 8


UNDERGRADUATE

B.A., UT-San Antonio
magna cum laude
1985


A.B., Public Policy Studies
Duke University
1995
with high honors


B.A., Political Science
The University of Texas at Austin
1979


JURIS DOCTORATE

University of Texas School of Law
1988


Columbia Law School
1998

University of Houston College of Law
1982


YEAR STATE BAR LICENSURE

1988


2001 (Texas)
also licensed in New York


JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE - APPELLATE

Justice, 3rd Court of Appeals
Place 6
2019-present


Justice, Texas Supreme Court
Place 8
2019-present

Justice, Fourteenth Court of Appeals
Place 3
2012-2018


JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE - OTHER

  • Judge, 200th Civil District Court (2005-2018)
  • Judge, Travis County Court at Law #5 (2000-04)
  • Judge, Austin Municipal Court
  • Travis County Justice of the Peace #5


LEGAL EXPERIENCE - NONJUDICIAL

  • Trial Division Director, Travis County Attorney’s Office
  • Prosecutor, Travis County Attorney’s Office
  • Staff Attorney, Election Division, Texas Secretary of State
  • Hanko & Triana Law Firm

  • Adjunct Professor, University of Texas Law School
  • Former Partner, Appellate Group, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP [Houston](2008-12)
  • Partner, Mayer Brown (2003-08)
  • Attorney Associate, Hogan Dubose & Townsend, LLP (2000-03)
  • Law Clerk, Supreme Court of the United States (1999-2000)


BOARD CERTIFICATIONS




Civil Appellate Law


COURTS ADMITTED TO

  • All Texas state courts
  • U.S. Dist. Court, Western Dist. of Texas

  • All Texas state courts
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • U.S. Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals
  • U.S. Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
  • U.S. Dist. Court, Southern Dist. of Texas


HONORS & AWARDS




  • AV Peer Review Rating, Martindale-Hubbell
  • Top 100 lawyers in Texas, Super Lawyers (2012)


PRIOR ELECTION RESULTS

2018 Texas General Election
Third Court of Appeals, Place 6
54.40% v. Mike Toth (R)

2016 Texas General Election
District Judge, 200th Judicial District
100%; unopposed

2012 Texas General Election
District Judge, 200th Judicial District
100%; unopposed

2008 Texas General Election
District Judge, 200th Judicial District
100%; unopposed

2004 Texas General Election
District Judge, 200th Judicial District
100%; unopposed

2002 Travis County Joint General Election
Judge, County Court at Law No. 5
100%; unopposed

2000 Travis County General Election
Judge, County Court at Law No. 5
58.48% v. Grant Goodwing (R)


2018 Texas General Election
14th Court of Appeals, Place 3
48.79% v. Jerry Zimmerer (D)

2018 Texas Republican Primary
14th Court of Appeals, Place 3
100%; unpposed

2012 Texas General Election
14th Court of Appeals, Place 3
52.26% v. Barbara Gardner (D)

2012 Texas Republican Primary
14th Court of Appeals, Place 3
100%; unopposed


MOST RECENT BAR POLL RESULTS

2020 Texas State Bar
2nd place, 32.95%


2020 Texas State Bar
Winner, 40.49%


2020 Texas State Bar
4th place, 8.18%



OTHER INFORMATION

First female Hispanic elected to a District Court in Travis County


  • Lifelong violinist
  • Seventh generation Texan
  • Third-generation Eagle Scout
  • Wife Erin is an adjunct professor at the University of Texas Law School

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