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To be chief, a judge must have been in active service on the court for at least one year, be under the age of 65, and have not previously served as chief judge. A vacancy is filled by the judge highest in seniority among the group of qualified judges. The chief judge serves for a term of seven years, or until age 70, whichever occurs first.
Mark James Keough (born September 30, 1953) is a former American businessman and a former Christian pastor, radio host, educator, and politician from The Woodlands, Texas, who has been serving as the Montgomery County County Judge [a] since January 2019.
Most district courts consider both criminal and civil cases but, in counties with many courts, each may specialize in civil, criminal, juvenile, or family law matters. [ 2 ] The Texas tradition of one judge per district court is descended from what was the dominant form of American state trial court organization for much of the 19th century ...
Criminal District Court No. 6 Judge Jeanine Howard[/caption] Judges who receive public sanctions from the State Commission on Judicial Conduct usually have a tough time getting re-elected in Texas ...
Republican Reid Poland won the General Sessions and Juvenile Courts judge race for Division II in Montgomery County Thursday, beating out two other candidates to secure the seat.
Since the county judge is also responsible for presiding over the Commissioners Court (the main executive and legislative body of the county), in 94 counties the Texas Legislature has established county courts at law to relieve the county judge of judicial duties. The first multi-county statutory county court (composed of Fisher, Mitchell, and ...
The overall effect of the November 2018 Democratic sweep of the appellate courts in Houston, Dallas, and Austin was to make the intermediate appellate judiciary more diverse in terms of party affiliation, gender, and race/ethnicity, as can be seen by comparing the demographic statistics reported by the Office of Court Administration for 2018 ...
Carver is a mediation attorney in the 5th District and previously spent a dozen years as a staff attorney for Judge Wise; Montgomery is a former Franklin County recorder and probate judge; and ...