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Submitted by john wertz on 2022-01-28 04:23:21

 

Pros

  • Only candidate in this race w/Judicial Experience(appointed).  Has judicial temperment
  • extensive litigation, jury trial, and appellate experience in the two specialty areas assigned to this court.
  • one of only 47 attorneys in the state of Texas who are double board certified in family law and child welfare law, the two specialty areas assigned to this court.
  • licensed attorney for 21 years, and a judge for this court for almost 9 years
  • Associate Judge for the former presiding Judge Patrice McDonald until unanimously appointed by the Commissioner's Court as the presiding judge on July 1, 2021
  • experienced attorney in the family violence and child welfare division of the Montgomery County Attorney's office
  • represented victims of domestic violence, and represented Child Protective Services in cases involving child abuse and neglect.
  • over every conceivable type of family law hearing or case, including about 8 jury trials.
  • first presiding judge in the history of Montgomery County and one of only a few, if any, presiding judges in TEXAS to specifically request the entire Child Protection docket.
  • has never, in almost 9 years on the bench, been reversed or remanded on appeal.

Cons

  • Did not fully answer several questions and not familiar with some issues