Don Willett
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Don R. Willett is a Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. He serves as the member of Place 2. He was appointed to this position by Rick Perry and took office on August 24, 2005[1] and was elected on November 7, 2006[2]. His current term will expire on December 31, 2012. Justice Willett is a Republican. [3]
Willett's first majority opinion was Willis v. Donnelly, which was released on June 2, 2006. Willett wrote for a unanimous court in a case dealing with shareholder liability in close corporations.[4] Willett is mentioned in David Kuo's book, Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction (2006), which takes a critical view of the Bush Administration and the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives. [5][6]
Legal education
Willett, a native Texan, received a triple-major BBA from Baylor. Willett and his wife, Tiffany, have two children. Justice Willett received his J.D., along with an M.A. in political science, from Duke in 1992.[3]
Legal experience
After his graduation, Justice Willett clerked for Judge Jerre WIlliams in the Fifth Circuit. In 1996, he joined then-Governor George W. Bush's administration. In 2000, he worked for the Bush Cheney Presidential Campaign, and upon Bush's election, Willett helped create the Office of Faith-Based and Community Initiatives and was Director of Law and Policy. Willett was a Deputy Attorney General for the U.S. Department of Justice in 2002, but he left to join Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott's office in 2003, where he worked until his appointment to the Texas Supreme Court. In 2005, Willett was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Rick Perry. [3]
Political affiliation
2006 election
Willett faced close calls in both the 2006 primary and general elections. He narrowly defeated former Supreme Court Justice Steven Wayne Smith on March 7, 2006. Willett had 50.5% of the vote.[7] He then defeated Bill Moody on November 7, 2006[2] in the general election with 51% of the vote.[8]
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References
- ↑ Texas Supreme Court
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2006 election results see 2006 General Election results
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Willett Biography
- ↑ Willis v. Donnelly
- ↑ Tempting faith: an inside story of political seduction By J. David Kuo
- ↑ "Tempting Faith: An Inside Story of Political Seduction" on Wikipedia
- ↑ March 7, 2006 election results
- ↑ Don Willett on Wikipedia
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