Melissa Goodwin
| Melissa Goodwin | |
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| Current Court Information: | |
| Texas Third District Court of Appeals | |
| Title: | Judge |
| Position: | Place 4 |
| Service: | |
| Active: | 2011-2016 |
| Past position: | District 427 Court Judge |
| Past term: | Before joining appellate court |
| Personal History | |
| Bachelors: | University of Texas |
| Law School: | St. Mary's School of Law |
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Melissa Goodwin is a judge on the Texas Third District Court of Appeals Place 4.[1] She was elected in 2010 (effective in 2011) and her current term expires in 2016. [2]
Education
Goodwin received her undergraduate degree from the University of Texas and her J.D. from St. Mary's School of Law. [3]
Career
Goodwin is a partner with the firm Potts & Reilly, LLP. She has also served a judge on the Texas District 427 and as justice of the peace in Travis County. In addition to serving as an appellate attorney, she worked in the General Counsel's Office for the State Bar of Texas. [3]
Awards and Associations
- 2009 Pathfinder's Award, TCWLA
- Former member, Judicial Ethics Committee, Judicial Selection of the State Bar of Texas
- Former instructor, Texas Justice Court Training Center
- Member, South Austin Civic Club
- Member, Travis County Women Lawyer's Association
- Board of Directors, Oak Hill Business & Professional's Association
- Former Advisory Board Member, Austin Community College's Center for Public Policy and Political Studies [3]
2010 election
Goodwin defeated Democrat Kurt Kuhn in the general election, winning 57.1% of the vote. [4]
- See also: Texas judicial elections, 2010
Campaign finance law violation
Goodwin was fined $2,050 in June 2011 by the Texas Ethics Commission "for accepting a $25,000 loan from her father- and mother-in-law."[5] Texas judicial candidates cannot receive more than $5,000 from a single donor per election. The $5,000 limit is waived in the case of relatives. Goodwin explained she thought the loan was within campaign finance law because it came from relatives. The Ethics Commission ruled that the waiver only applies to relatives who are within the "second degree of consanguinity" and that in-laws do not meet the criteria.[5]
See also
External links
- Campaign website
- Community Impact, "Q&A | Melissa Goodwin, Republican Nominee for Third Court of Appeals, Place 4", June 9, 2010
- Community Impact, "Third Court of Appeals, Place 4
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