Bert Richardson

Republican

On ballot as: Bert Richardson
Current role: Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals (since January 2015; elected 2014, reelected 2020)
Background: Undergraduate degree, Brigham Young University
Law degree, St. Mary's University School of Law
Judson High School graduate, Converse
Texas law license (since 1988)
Board certified in criminal law
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San Antonio resident, over 50 years
Raised in an Air Force family
Fluent in Spanish (per candidate)
Experience: Senior visiting judge, more than 50 Texas counties (2009–2014)
Judge, 379th District Court, Bexar County (appointed 1999 by Gov. George W. Bush)
Assistant district attorney, Bexar County, and assistant U.S. attorney, Western District of Texas (1988–1999)
Former adjunct professor, St. Mary's University School of Law
Top priorities: Says the role of judges is to "faithfully follow the Constitutions and laws of the United States and Texas"
"My job is to treat all cases before the 4th Court of Appeals with equal right."
Says he would "like to work closer to home at this point in my career"
Tidbits: Judicial philosophy: In a San Antonio Report questionnaire, says the role of judges is to "faithfully follow the Constitutions and laws of the United States and Texas and that the legislature makes the laws"
Court administration: No public statement found
Endorsements: None found in our research
Campaign website: electjudgerichardson.com

Chief Justice, 4th Court of Appeals District