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On November 17, 2010, Houston mayor Annise Parker appointed Frye as an associate judge for the City of Houston Municipal Courts. [19] [20] Her appointment was publicly opposed by the Houston Area Pastors Council and other local pastors, but Parker expressed admiration for Frye, citing the new judge's long experience as a trial attorney.
The City of Houston Municipal Court building is located in the complex with the police station. [26] Houston Municipal Courts Houston Police Department Central Patrol Division Station. The Houston Fire Department operates Station 6 Sixth Ward. The Sixth Ward is in Texas's 18th congressional district. Its current U.S. Representative is Sheila ...
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 ...
Two Houston homeowners are seeking answers after a municipal water tank burst, flooding their homes. With insurance claims denied and the utility district citing government immunity, they may need ...
Following is a list of current and former courthouses of the United States federal court system located in Texas.Each entry indicates the name of the building along with an image, if available, its location and the jurisdiction it covers, [1] the dates during which it was used for each such jurisdiction, and, if applicable the person for whom it was named, and the date of renaming.
He left Houston in 1990 to serve as Police Commissioner of New York City. [C] Brown was succeeded by the city's first female police chief, Elizabeth Watson, after he resigned to accept the top police job in New York City. [12] Whitmire also appointed the first Hispanic, Sylvia R. Garcia, as presiding judge of the Houston Municipal Court. [D]
The court's headquarters is in Houston, Texas, and has six additional locations in the district. Appeals from cases brought in the Southern District of Texas are taken to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (except for patent claims and claims against the U.S. government under the Tucker Act , which are appealed to the ...
Kristen Brauchle Hawkins: [95] First female appointed as a Judge of the Eleventh District Court in Houston, Texas (2019) [Fort Bend County, Harris County and Montgomery County] Irene Gertrude Brown (1911) and Rose Zelosky: [ 96 ] First females to graduate from the University of Texas law school (1914) [ Hays , Travis and Williamson Counties ...