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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, Justice on the First Court of Appeals, won his first race for public office in the year 2000 general election and took the Oath of Office on January 1, 2001 from Texas Supreme Court Justice Greg Abbott. Justice Jennings, a fourth-generation Texan, is a native of San Antonio and a graduate of the University of Texas... 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 Elsa Alcala Place 9 Justice Elsa Alcala has spent her entire twenty-year legal career serving the citizens of Texas. In her almost seven years as a justice on the First Court of Appeals, Justice Alcala has authored over 400 appellate opinions and presided in over 1000 cases. She was appointed to the court by the Honorable Rick Perry, Governor of the State of Texas... View full biography of Justice Alcala. |
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Justice George C. Hanks, Jr. Place 6 Justice George C. Hanks, Jr., is a native of Breaux Bridge, Louisiana. Prior to joining the First Court of Appeals, he served as judge of the 157th District Court in Houston. In private practice, Justice Hanks was a shareholder in the law firm of Wickliff & Hall, P.C. where he specialized in commercial and medical malpractice litigation... View full biography of Justice Hanks. |
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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 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. |
Updated: 23-Sep-2009
