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Chief Justice Sherry Radack Sherry Radack was appointed Chief Justice of the First Court of Appeals by Governor Rick Perry in December 2002. She was originally appointed to the Court in 2001 as a justice. She was elected Chief Justice in 2004. Prior to her tenure on the First Court of Appeals, she was elected in 1998 to serve as a civil district judge in Harris County... View full biography of Chief Justice Radack. |
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Justice Terry Jennings Place 7 The Honorable Terry Jennings, the Senior Justice on the First Court of Appeals, first took the Oath of Office on January 1, 2001. He is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. The Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists named Justice Jennings as its 2009 Appellate Judge of the Year... View full biography of Justice Jennings. |
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Justice Evelyn Keyes Place 4 Justice Evelyn V. Keyes was appointed to the First Court of Appeals by Governor Rick Perry in May 2002. She was elected in November 2002 and re-elected to a full six-year term in 2004. Before joining the First Court, Justice Keyes was a partner in Clements, O'Neill, Pierce, Wilson, and Fulkerson, L.L.P., practicing complex civil litigation... View full biography of Justice Keyes. |
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Justice Laura Carter Higley Place 5 The Honorable Laura Carter Higley was elected as Justice of the First Court of Appeals in November 2002. She ran for an open seat and was unopposed in both the primary and general elections. Laura took the Oath of Office on January 1, 2003 from the Honorable Melinda Harmon, Judge, United States District Court for the Southern District... View full biography of Justice Higley. |
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Justice Jane Bland Place 2 Jane Bland was appointed to the First Court of Appeals by Governor Perry in December 2003 and was elected in 2004 and 2006. Before becoming an appellate judge, she served for six years as a civil trial judge, having been appointed by then-Governor George W. Bush in 1997, and elected in 1998 and 2002. Justice Bland is board certified... View full biography of Justice Bland. |
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Justice Jim Sharp Place 3 Justice Jim Sharp was elected to the First Court of Appeals in November 2008. He previously practiced as a general solo practitioner for nineteen years, representing clients in a wide range of matters, encompassing probate, civil, criminal, juvenile, and family law.... View full biography of Justice Sharp. |
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Justice Michael C. Massengale Place 8 Michael Massengale was appointed to the First Court of Appeals by Governor Rick Perry on June 15, 2009. Before joining the court, he was a partner in the trial department at Baker Botts L.L.P. where he specialized in commercial litigation. His practice areas included corporate mergers and acquisitions, fraudulent transfers, securities fraud, and antitrust... View full biography of Justice Massengale. |
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Justice Harvey G. Brown Place 6 Harvey Brown was appointed to the First Court of Appeals by Governor Perry in November 2010. He previously presided over the 152nd District Court in Houston for six and one-half years, having been appointed by then-Governor George W. Bush, in 1995, and elected in 1996 and 2000. From 1998 through 2001, he served as the Administrative Judge of the Harris County Panel over Diet Drug Cases... View full biography of Justice Brown. |
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Justice Rebeca A. Huddle Place 9 Rebeca Huddle was appointed to the First Court of Appeals by Governor Perry in 2011. She previously was a partner in the trial department of Baker Botts L.L.P., where she specialized in complex civil litigation. Her practice included trials and appeals of various types of litigation, including shareholder actions, commercial disputes, and personal injury matters... View full biography of Justice Huddle. |
Updated: 18-Nov-2011
