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Guerra's mother is Justice Linda Reyna Yáñez, who served on the Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals, becoming the first Latina to serve on any Texas appellate court. Prior to becoming a lawyer and judge, Yanez was a farmworker and teacher. Guerra graduated high school from St. George's School in Newport, Rhode Island with distinction. She was a ...
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 ...
Henry E. Doyle: [12] First African American male to serve as an appellate judge in Texas (1978) [29] Albert Armendariz, Sr. (1950): [30] [31] First Hispanic American male appointed as a Judge of the Texas Court of Appeals (1986) Louis Sturns: [32] First African American male appointed as a Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (1990)
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 ...
Sam Nuchia is a professor at the University of Houston–Downtown. He previously served as an appellate judge and served 17 years with the Houston Police Department (HPD) beginning in 1967. [ 2 ] Leaving HPD as Deputy Chief to become a prosecutor as an assistant U.S. attorney in the Southern District of Texas, until he was tapped as Chief of ...
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.
The thirteenth is the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit which has nationwide jurisdiction over appeals of certain, specific subject matter, for example, patent law. Congress has authorized 179 judgeships, [ 1 ] though the total number of judges will be higher than 179 because of some judges electing senior status.