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Unlike the county judge, judges of the county courts of law are required to be attorneys. The county courts at law may hear both civil and criminal matters, or hear them separately, depending on how the Legislature has structured them (Dallas, Denton, El Paso, Harris, and Tarrant counties have "county criminal courts" or "county criminal courts ...
Fred G. Rodriguez: [80] First Hispanic American male to serve as the (Criminal) District Attorney of Bexar County, Texas (1987) Tommy Calvert: [81] First African American male to serve on the Commissioners Court for Bexar County, Texas (2014) Peter Sakai: [82] First Asian American male judge in Bexar County, Texas (2023)
All courts of appeals retain the discretion to recall retired justices to assist writing any backlog of opinions in the court. [citation needed] In 2023, a law was passed creating a new appellate level court with jurisdiction over appeals from the new Texas business courts and state government related litigation, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals. [8]
On Tuesday, the county judge and commissioners in Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, approved a contract with a vendor to mail the unsolicited forms to approximately 210,000 people, with ...
Pulliam served as a Justice on Texas' Fourth Court of Appeals after being appointed to the court by Governor Rick Perry on January 8, 2015. [3] His term ended on December 31, 2016. He also previously served as a judge for the Bexar County Court at Law, [4] handling both civil and criminal matters. [2]
Hervey earned her bachelor's degree in 1975 from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina, and her Juris Doctor on November 12, 1979 from St. Mary's University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas. Prior to becoming a judge, Hervey was an assistant criminal district attorney for Bexar County. [1]
A court in Fayette County, Pennsylvania, south of Pittsburgh, ordered an elections precinct judge to turn over all ballots and other election material once polls close at 8 p.m. after he told the ...
Most district courts consider both criminal and civil cases but, in counties with many courts, each may specialize in civil, criminal, juvenile, or family law matters. [ 2 ] The Texas tradition of one judge per district court is descended from what was the dominant form of American state trial court organization for much of the 19th century ...