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Rogelio Valdez
Rogelio "Roy" Valdez was the chief justice on the Texas Thirteenth District Court of Appeals. He was elected to this position on November 7, 2000, and was re-elected in 2006 and in 2012.[1][2][3][4] He did not seek re-election in 2018.
Education
Rogelio Valdez graduated from Texas A&M University in 1976 and received his J.D. from Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law, in 1979.[1]
Career
Chief Justice Valdez began his legal career in 1979 in the private practice of law in Houston, Texas. From 1980 to 1981, he served as an assistant district attorney with the District Attorney’s Office of Cameron County, Texas. He was elected as judge of the County Court at Law Number One of Cameron County, a position he held from 1983 to 1986. Valdez was then elected district judge of the 357th District Court of Cameron and Willacy Counties and served in that position from 1987 until 2000. While serving as District Court Judge, he also served as local presiding judge of District Courts for Cameron and Willacy Counties from 1991 until 2000. On November 7, 2000, Valdez was elected to the Thirteenth Court of Appeals and was the first person of Hispanic descent to be elected to this position.[1]
Elections
2018
Rogelio Valdez did not file to run for re-election.
2012
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Valdez would have competed against judicial candidate Rose Vela in the November 6, 2012, general election, but she formally withdrew her bid for chief justice in August 2012.[5] Valdez ran unopposed in the general election on November 6, 2012, and he was re-elected with 100 percent of the vote.[6][7][4]
Memberships
- Cameron County Bar Association
- State Bar of Texas
- Mexican-American Bar Association
- American Bar Association
- Texas Judges Association
See also
External links
- Official Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals website
- Additional biographical information about Justice Valdez
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Official biography of Justice Valdez
- ↑ Texas election results
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State: Judges' terms
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 2012 Texas Summary Vote-Results
- ↑ Justice Rose Vela bows out of race
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State, "2012 General Election Results," November 6, 2012
- ↑ Texas Democratic Party, 2012 Candidate Filing (dead link)
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