Jane Bland
| Jane Bland | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Texas First District Court of Appeals | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Place 2 |
| Service: | |
| Active: | 2003-2018 |
| Personal History | |
| Party: | Republican |
| Bachelors: | University of Texas at Austin |
| Law School: | University of Texas School of Law |
| Candidate 2012: | |
| Candidate for: | 1st District Court of Appeals |
| State: | Texas |
| Election information 2012: | |
| Incumbent: | Yes |
| Primary date: | May 29, 2012 |
| Primary vote: | 100% |
| Election date: | November 6, 2012 |
| Election vote: | 53.3% |
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Jane Bland is a judge on the Texas First District Court of Appeals. She was appointed to this position in 2003, was elected in 2004 and re-elected in 2006 and 2012 for a term expiring on December 31, 2018.[1][2][3]
Education
Judge Bland received her bachelor's degree from the University of Texas at Austin, where she majored in accounting and honors business. She received her law degree from the University of Texas. [2]
Legal career
Early career
Judge Bland began her legal career as a clerk for Judge Thomas Gibbs Gee of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. She then practiced law at Baker Botts, L.L.P., where she specialied in civil trials and appellate work.[2]
Judicial Career
In 1997 then Governor George W. Bush appointed Judge Bland to a civil trial judgeship, a position she held for five years after being elected in 1998 and re-elected in 2002. In 2003 Governor Rick Perry appointed Judge Bland to the First District Court of Appeals.[2]
In 2006 Judge Bland wrote 76 signed opinions, 47 per curiam opinions, and no dissenting or concurring opinions. Judge Bland took the place of a recused member of the Texas Supreme Court and wrote the Court's opinion in Hyundai v. Vasquez.[4]
2012 election
Bland defeated judicial candidate Ron Lovett in the general election on November 6, 2012, with 53.3% of the vote. [5][6]
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2012
Memberships and Awards
- Texas Supreme Court's Rules Advisory Committee
- State Bar of Texas's Committee on Pattern Jury Charges (Business, Consumer, Insurance & Employment)[2]
- 2010 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence, National Center for State Courts [7]
- 2003 Trial Judge of the Year by the Texas Association of Civil Trial and Appellate Specialists
- President's Award, Houston Bar Association (for her work on the administration of justice committee)[2]
See also
External links
References
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State: Judges' terms
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Official biography of Judge Bland
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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- ↑ Texas Republican Party, 2012 Candidate Filing
- ↑ Texas Secretary of State: 2012 General Election Summary Select "2012 General Election"
- ↑ National Center for State Courts, "Texas Justice Bland to receive 2010 Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence," September 2, 2010
