Texas Election Results 2018 Judges
Welcome our new Democratic Judges
(There are no more Republican Judges in the Family Law Courts of Harris County)
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Welcome our new Family law Judges !
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Judge Tristan H. Longino
245th
University of Houston, J.D., 2011
Tristan’s legal career has been exclusively dedicated to the practice of family law. This focus began in law school, when he spent multiple semesters in the schools family law clinic and clerked for the Hon. Robert Hinojosa in the 312th District Court, a family court in Harris County. During that clerkship he observed court proceedings on a daily basis and discussed and assisted on various proceedings in the judge’s chambers, including complex property divisions.
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Judge Angela Graves Harrington
246th
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Graves-Harrington attended Thurgood Marshall School of Law on a full academic scholarship. She was active in several community-based organizations, including the Earl Carl Institute, NAACP (student volunteer), and the Black Law Student Association (President). She also served as Secretary of the Student Bar Association and Symposium Editor of the TMSL Law Review. Graves-Harrington was also an intern for the Texas Southern University Office of the General Counsel and the Honorable George Hanks with the Texas 1
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Court of Appeals.
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Judge Janice Berg
281st
Columbia University in 2003 and her JD from the University of Houston Law Center in 2008
Janice received her bachelor’s degree from. For nearly nine years, Janice has represented Houston-area clients in family cases not only at the trial level but also in the Courts of Appeals and at the Texas Supreme Court.
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Judge Sandra Peake
257th
University of Houston Law Center, graduating in 1982
Peake is an attorney with the Law Offices of Sandra J. Peake in
Harris County
. She has been practicing law for 30 years, focusing primarily on family law cases.
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Judge Barbara J. Stalder
280th
University of Houston
Stalder earned both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Houston. After graduating from law school, Stalder received a fellowship with the nonprofit organization Equal Justice Works. At the conclusion of her fellowship, Stalder worked in the Houston office of another nonprofit, Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse. Stalder's professional experience also includes teaching at the University of Houston Law Center and working with victims of domestic violence as a supervising attorney in the civil clinic.
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Judge Gloria Lopez
308th
University of Texas at Austin
Thurgood Marshall School of Law- JD
Gloria Elizabeth López was born in McAllen, Texas. She obtained her bachelors in Government and Spanish from The University of Texas at Austin and her Juris Doctorate from Texas Southern University in Houston, Texas. During law school, she participated in the Texas Legislative Program where she wrote and amended Texas Legislation. During the Legislative program her passion to help and protect people was strengthened.
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Judge Linda Marie Dunson
309th
She has practiced family law for most of my legal career. An LL.M. in Tax, as well a licensed U.S. Customs Broker, which give her the mental acumen necessary to read, comprehend, interpret; and the critical thinking ability to apply the law. She also has a history of strong community service interacting with individuals of many cultures. She has management and negotiation/mediation skills that are crucial to administrate and maintain the decorum of the courtroom.
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Judge Sonya Heath
310th
Sonya's previous experience includes The Craig Washington Law Firm, the First Court of Appeals as a judicial intern and Vice Chair of the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association's Family Law Committee. Sonya is currently a member of The College of the State Bar of Texas. During 2008-2009, she was Vice Chair, Employee Benefits General Committee, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the ABA, and she has served on several committees in the Mexican American Bar Association. In 2006, she was a Court Appointed Special Advocate in Rock County, Wisconsin, and has participated in Houston Young Professionals for Children and Elves & More
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Judge Germaine Tanner
311th
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Germaine Tanner earned a B.A. in political science from the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana. She then received a J.D. from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University. Tanner is an attorney and established her law office with a concentration in family law in 2003. She has been appointed as an amicus attorney, attorney ad litem, guardian ad litem, and special master. Tanner is also a certified hearing examiner for the Texas Education Agency.
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Judge Clinton Chip Wells
312th
University of Texas at Austin and South Texas College of Law in Houston
Clinton has practiced law for over 41 years representing individual Texans and Texas families across the State. Has tried jury and non-jury cases in counties from El Paso to Beaumont and Denton to Brownsville. His experience is in the private practice of law resolving issues and obtaining relief for clients involving family law and personal injury claims.
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Shown below are our previous Judges
Thank you for all you have done.
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I am in the process of soliciting policy and procedures from these courts. The 245th has been active in posting in social media family law groups the new policy and procedures. Also, I have the names of all the new associates judges, thus our law firm is prepared for the transition. Generally with new judges, and we have alot of very young judges, it takes about a year before they get the job down. While we see a much more diverse group of judges, this is also the youngest group of judges that have taken the bench in Harris County. At Busby and Associates, we have prepared for this by focusing on appellate rules and procedures for the last 60 days, but also watching for judges to post their ideas on changes to local rules coupled with policy and procedures. Happy New Year and God bless you and your family.
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