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The Cameron County Courthouse is a historic building located at 1150 East Madison Street in Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. It was designed by architect Atlee B. Ayres in the Classical Revival style of architecture. Built between 1912 and 1914 by Gross Construction Company as the second court house of Cameron County, it served as such until ...
Cameron County, officially the County of Cameron, is the southernmost county in the U.S. state of Texas. As of the 2020 census, its population was 421,017. [1] [2] Its county seat is Brownsville. [3] The county was founded in 1848 and is named for Captain Ewen Cameron, [4] a soldier during the Texas Revolution and in the ill-fated Mier Expedition.
Cameron County Courthouse (1882) Rio Grande Lodge No. 81, A.F.&. A.M. The original Cameron County Courthouse, also known as the Rio Grande Masonic Lodge No. 81, is an historic building located at 1131 East Jefferson Street in Brownsville, Texas. It was designed by architect J. N. Preston in the Second Empire style of architecture.
On June 9, 2023, Texas' governor signed an Act into law creating a trial level business court, as well as the first appellate level business court in the United States. The new law became effective in September 2023. [6] [7] [8] On June 28, 2024, the Texas Supreme Court approved a rules of procedure for the new Business Court. [9]
1964 built [ 154 ] 1962 RTHL [ 155 ] Designed by Pierce, Norris, Pace, and Associates in the Modern style. [ 154 ] Dallam County Courthouse. Dalhart, Dallam County. 1922 built [ 156 ] 1991 RTHL [ 157 ] 1992 NRHP [ 158 ] Designed in the Neoclassical style by Smith and Townes. [ 156 ] Old Dallas County Courthouse.
In one of the odd provisions of the Texas Government Code, there is no requirement that a municipal judge be an attorney if the municipal court is not a court of record (Chapter 29, Section 29.004), but the municipal judge must be a licensed attorney with at least two years experience in practicing Texas law if the municipal court is a court of ...
Harold Valderas: [58] First Latino American male to serve as a judge in North Texas (1971) and district court judge in Central Texas (1977) Don B. Chae: [59] First Asian American male lawyer (1980) and judge (1995) in North Texas. William Melvin Schultz (c. 1960): [60] First Jewish American male lawyer in the Southern District of Texas.
Emma K. Boone (1918): [ 183 ] First female lawyer in Lubbock County, Texas. Pat Moore (1949): [ 184 ] First female lawyer elected to public office in Lubbock County, Texas (upon becoming a Judge of Lubbock County Court at Law, Number 2 in Lubbock, Texas; 1957). She is also the first female appointed as a Judge of the 72nd District Court.