14TH COURT OF APPEALS
Place 9
PARTY AFFILIATION
Republican
CURRENT OCCUPATION
Fourteenth District Court of Appeals
Place 9
UNDERGRAD SCHOOL/YEAR
B.A. – Political Science
The University of Texas at Arlington
1974
JURIS DOCTOR
Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor (J.D.)
University of Houston School of Law
1977
YEAR OF STATE BAR LICENSURE
1977
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE – APPELLATE
- 14th Court of Appeals since January 2021
JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE – OTHER
- Judge of the 157th District Court for 15 years
LEGAL EXPERIENCE – NONJUDICIAL
- 23 years of commercial litigation with Susman Godfrey, one of the original partners
ADMITTED
- All Texas Courts
JUDICAL/LEGAL HONORS
- TACTAS Trial Judge of the Year 2009
- Selected by Chambers USA as a Leading Commercial Litigator in Texas, 2003
- Selected by LawDragon as one of the 500 leading judges in America
PRIOR ELECTION(S) RESULTS
2018 Texas General Election
District Judge, 157th Judicial District
Loss, 44.78% to 55.22% vs Tanya Garrison
2018 Texas Republican Primary
District Judge, 157th Judicial District
Win, 100% Unopposed
2014 Texas General Election
District Judge, 157th Judicial District
Win, 54.93% to 45.07% vs Jim Peacock
2010 Texas General Election
District Judge, 157th Judicial District
Win, 56.87% to 43.13% vs Shawn Thierry
BOARD CERTIFICATIONS
1988 Civil Trial Law
MOST RECENT BAR POLL RESULTS
KEY ENDORSEMENTS
JUDICIAL PHILOSOPHY
INFORMATION APPROVED BY CANDIDATE ON
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