Texas Judicial News

October 7, 2013 (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/18965/) Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Rick J. Kennon of Round Rock as judge of the 368th Judicial District in Williamson County for a term effective Oct. 31, 2013 and expiring at the next general election....

October 7, 2013 (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/18967/) Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Stacey Mathews of Austin as judge of the 277th Judicial District in Williamson County for a term to expire at the next general election. Mathews is an assistant...

October 7, 2013 (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/18966/) Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Marc Brown of Houston as justice of the 14th Court of Appeals for a term to expire at the next general election. Brown is judge of the 180th Criminal District Court in...

October 2, 2013 (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/18942/) Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Mary Murphy of Dallas as presiding judge of the First Administrative Judicial Region for a term to expire October 2017. The First Administrative Judicial Region covers...

September 26, 2013 (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/18915/) Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Jeff Brown of Houston as a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas for a term to expire at the next general election. “Jeff is an outstanding and accomplished...

September 24, 2013 (http://www.statesman.com/news/news/local/anderson-resigns-as-district-judge/nZ6WD/) By Chuck Lindell American-Statesman Staff State District Judge Ken Anderson, who prosecuted Michael Morton in 1987 as William County’s longtime district attorney,...

September 25, 2013 (http://governor.state.tx.us/news/appointment/18906/) Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Kem Thompson Frost of Katy as chief justice of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals for a term to expire at the next general election. Frost is a current justice of the...

Chief Justice Jones announced recently that he will not seek re-election for his term expiring in 2014.  That is the only spot, of 6 seats on the 3rd Court, on the 2014 ballot.

September 16, 2013 (http://www.texastribune.org/2013/09/17/one-third-criminal-appeals-court-leaving-bench/) by Brandi Grissom All three Texas Court of Criminal Appeals judges whose terms expire in 2014 — one-third of the nine-member panel — have elected not to seek...

September 10, 2013 (http://www.areadevelopment.com/Top-States-for-Doing-Business/Q3-2013/survey-results-state-analysis-888237.shtml) As the economy improves and states continue to vie for new investment and jobs, they also seek the attention of site consultants who...