Kristen Hawkins
What this job does: One of nine justices on the Texas Supreme Court, the state's highest court for civil cases (not criminal ones). It has the final word on what state civil law means and also writes the rules for lawyers and courts. A term is six years; the Place 2 winner serves the rest of an unfinished term.
- Current office
- Judge, 11th District Court, Harris County (since 2017)
- Occupation
- District judge
- Lives in
- Houston
Background
- Bachelor's degree in government and Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin; J.D. from South Texas College of Law. source: ballotpedia.org
- Former private practice attorney focusing on Social Security disability claims, and Harris County tax master for five years. source: ksat.com
- Judge of the 11th District Court in Houston since 2017; appointed to oversee multidistrict litigation including the Astroworld lawsuits. source: ksat.com
In their own words
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- Bring a district judge's perspective to the high court source: ksat.com
- Access to jury trials; appellate caution in overturning jury verdicts source: ksat.com
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