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Elsa R. Alcala, also known as Elsa Spjut (born 1964), is a former Republican official who most recently served (2011–2018) as one of the nine judges of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. She was appointed to the Place 8 on the bench by then Governor Rick Perry, when Charles Holcomb stepped down to run in 2012 for the United States Senate ...
Judge Duty station Born Term of service Appointed by Active Chief Senior; 78 Chief Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod: Houston, TX: 1966 2007–present 2024–present — G.W. Bush: 63 Circuit Judge Edith Jones: Houston, TX: 1949 1985–present 2006–2012 — Reagan: 64 Circuit Judge Jerry Edwin Smith: Houston, TX: 1946 1987–present — — Reagan ...
Prior to his election campaign, he was a defense attorney in Fort Worth, Texas. [3] He was 63 years old when he ran for Place 5 of CCA. The Houston Chronicle described him as having a "politically famous name" (referring to the Governor of Wisconsin, who is also named Scott Walker).
Here’s who’s running for Place 7 on Texas Court of Criminal Appeals in Nov. 5 election. Lillie Davidson. October 7, 2024 at 2:21 PM. ... 2020 for Judge for Texas Court of Appeals, Pl 3.
In the 8th Court of Appeals, one Democrat justice was reelected. Based in the Democratic stronghold of El Paso, the court hears cases from 17 counties in far west Texas. In the 3rd Court of ...
In 2011, then-Texas Governor Rick Perry appointed Huddle to the nine-member First Court of Appeals, replacing Elsa Alcala, who had been elevated to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. [ 7 ] [ 12 ] The First and Fourteenth Court of Appeals, both based in Houston's 1910 Harris County Courthouse , divide the caseload of appeals from Harris County ...
Jane Bland, who served on the First Texas Court of Appeals for 15 years and on a state court bench for six before that, joined Vinson & Elkins' appellate practice as a partner in Houston.
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]