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Results Full.DOCX Office of the President December 2019 Houston Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Results The quality of the judiciary is of crucial importance to the legal profession and the community. The HBA conducts this Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire in odd-numbered years to obtain its members’ opinions concerning each judge’s performance. To be included on the Evaluation Questionnaire, judges must have actively served on their current court for a minimum of six months as of the date the online questionnaire opened. In election years, the HBA conducts a poll to determine members’ opinions regarding judicial candidates for state and local elections. The results of this Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire are not an opinion or endorsement of any member of the judiciary. TOTAL QUESTIONNAIRES RETURNED: 1,276 Sincerely, Benny Agosto, Jr. 2019-2020 President Houston Bar Association PLEASE NOTE: The individual percentages have been rounded to the nearest one-tenth percent. As a result, they may not perfectly sum to 100%. Contents David Hittner................................................ 44 Kenneth M. Hoyt.......................................... 45 Supreme Court of Texas ..................................... 5 Lynn N. Hughes ............................................ 46 Jimmy Blacklock ............................................. 5 Sim Lake ....................................................... 47 Jeffrey S. Boyd ................................................ 6 Gray H. Miller ............................................... 48 J. Brett Busby ................................................. 7 Lee H. Rosenthal .......................................... 49 John Phillip Devine ......................................... 8 Hilda G. Tagle ............................................... 50 Paul W. Green ................................................ 9 Ewing Werlein, Jr. ........................................ 51 Eva M. Guzman ............................................ 10 U.S. Magistrate Courts ..................................... 52 Nathan L. Hecht ........................................... 11 Peter Bray .................................................... 52 Debra H. Lehrmann ...................................... 12 Christina Bryan............................................. 53 Court of Criminal Appeals ................................ 13 Nancy K. Johnson ......................................... 54 Barbara Hervey ............................................ 13 Dena Hanovice Palermo .............................. 55 Michael E. Keasler ........................................ 14 Frances H. Stacy ........................................... 56 Mary Lou Keel .............................................. 15 Bankruptcy Courts ........................................... 57 Sharon Keller ................................................ 16 Marvin Isgur ................................................. 57 David Newell ................................................ 17 David R. Jones .............................................. 58 Bert Richardson ............................................ 18 Jeffrey P. Norman ........................................ 59 Michelle Slaughter ....................................... 19 Eduardo V. Rodriguez .................................. 60 Scott Walker ................................................. 20 Immigration Courts .......................................... 61 Kevin Yeary ................................................... 21 Nimmo Bhagat ............................................. 61 Houston Courts of Appeals .............................. 22 Sam Brown IV............................................... 62 Frances Bourliot ........................................... 22 Gary E. Endelman......................................... 63 Tracy Christopher ......................................... 23 Marcos Gemoets.......................................... 64 Julie Countiss ................................................ 24 Saul E. Greenstein ........................................ 65 Kem Thompson Frost ................................... 25 Richard A. Jamadar ...................................... 66 Gordon Goodman ........................................ 26 Anwer A. Khan ............................................. 67 Meagan Hassan ............................................ 27 Lisa Luis ........................................................ 68 Richard Hightower ....................................... 28 Georgina M. Picos ........................................ 69 Kevin Jewell .................................................. 29 Richard D. Walton ........................................ 70 Peter Kelly .................................................... 30 Clarease Rankin Yates .................................. 71 Evelyn Keyes ................................................. 31 Civil District Courts .......................................... 72 Sarah Beth Landau ....................................... 32 Kyle Carter ................................................... 72 Russell Lloyd ................................................. 33 Rabeea Sultan Collier ................................... 73 Margaret “Meg” Poissant ............................ 34 Dedra Davis .................................................. 74 Sherry Radack .............................................. 35 Scot “dolli” Dollinger ................................... 75 Charles A. Spain............................................ 36 Mike Engelhart ............................................. 76 Ken Wise ...................................................... 37 Michael Gomez ............................................ 77 Jerry Zimmerer ............................................. 38 Tanya Garrison ............................................. 78 U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ursula A. Hall ............................................... 79 Texas ................................................................ 39 Kristen Brauchle Hawkins ............................ 80 Nancy F. Atlas ............................................... 39 Steven Kirkland ............................................ 81 Alfred H. Bennett ......................................... 40 Jaclanel McFarland ...................................... 82 Keith P. Ellison .............................................. 41 Beau A. Miller .............................................. 83 Vanessa Gilmore .......................................... 42 Daryl L. Moore ............................................. 84 Andrew S. Hanen.......................................... 43 Elaine H. Palmer ........................................... 85 Juvenile District Courts .................................. 128 Latosha Lewis Payne .................................... 86 Michelle Moore ......................................... 128 Fredericka Phillips ........................................ 87 Natalia Cokinos Oakes ............................... 129 Lauren Reeder .............................................. 88 Leah Shapiro .............................................. 130 Donna Roth .................................................. 89 Probate Courts ............................................... 131 R. K. Sandill ................................................... 90 Jason Cox ................................................... 131 Robert Schaffer ............................................ 91 James Horwitz ............................................ 132 Cory Don Sepolio .......................................... 92 Michael Newman ....................................... 133 Alexandra Smoots-Thomas .......................... 93 Jerry Simoneaux ......................................... 134 Christine Weems .......................................... 94 Associate Judges, Family District Courts........ 135 Larry Weiman ............................................... 95 Bethany Arnold .......................................... 135 Criminal District Courts .................................... 96 Kimberly Baughman ................................... 136 Frank Aguilar ................................................ 96 Charles Collins ............................................ 137 Abigail Anastasio .......................................... 97 James Cooper............................................. 138 Ramona Franklin .......................................... 98 Jim Evans .................................................... 139 Greg Glass .................................................... 99 Katrina M. Griffith ...................................... 140 Lori Chambers Gray .................................... 100 Deborah Patterson .................................... 141 Nikita V. Harmon ........................................ 101 Frank Pierce ............................................... 142 Josh Hill ...................................................... 102 Yahaira Quezada ........................................ 143 Kelli Johnson .............................................. 103 Ryan Salfiti ................................................. 144 Robert Johnson .......................................... 104 Associate Judges, Juvenile District Courts ..... 145 DaSean Jones ............................................. 105 Eric Andell .................................................. 145 Hazel B. Jones ............................................. 106 Dena Fisher ................................................ 146 Danilo Lacayo ............................................
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