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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 ...
He may also be considered the first Native American male judge in Texas. [7] Harrel Tillman (1962): [13] First African American male to serve as a municipal court judge in Texas (1964) Carlos Cadena (1940): [14] First Hispanic American male to serve as a Chief Justice of a Texas court (1977) Jerry Birdwell: [15] First openly LGBT male judge in ...
In 1973, she became the first African-American woman appointed to a regular judgeship in Texas, and served on the City of Austin Municipal Court for twenty years. [1] Before joining the municipal court, she practiced law part-time for eight years and served as the head of the government department at Huston–Tillotson in Austin for five years.
She was a judge on the Municipal Court for the City of El Paso from 1983 to 1990. She was an Associate judge for the Family Law Court of Texas from 1990 to 1995. She was a judge on the 383rd Judicial District Court of Texas from 1995 to 1996. Cardone worked as an Attorney/mediator for Texas Arbitration Mediation Services from 1997 to 1999.
Ramos was born in 1965 in Port Lavaca, Texas. [1] ... She served as a judge of the Corpus Christi Municipal Court from 1997 to 1999. [3] From 2001 to 2011, Ramos ...
Born in Marlin, Texas, Smith received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Baylor University in 1964. He received a Juris Doctor from Baylor Law School in 1966. He was in private practice in Waco from 1966 to 1980. He was a judge of the 54th State District Court in McLennan County, Texas from 1980 to 1983. [1]
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Hattie Ruth Elam Briscoe: [1] [2] [3] First African American female to graduate from law school in Texas (1956) Hortense Sparks Ward: First female lawyer in Texas (1910) Harriet Mitchell Murphy: First African American female judge in Texas (1973) Eva Guzman: First Hispanic female Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas (2009)