Bexar County
District Judge, 225th Judicial District
Benjamin Robertson
Republican- On ballot as
- Benjamin Robertson
- Current role
- Judge, 226th District Court, Bexar County (appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, effective Jan. 1, 2025)
- Background
- Bachelor's and master's degrees in sociology, Sam Houston State University
- Law degree, Texas Tech University School of Law (2012)
- Licensed to practice law in Texas since 2012
- Board certified in oil, gas and mineral law
- Born outside New Orleans; moved to Texas as a young child (per candidate)
- San Antonio resident since law school (per candidate)
- Experience
- Judge, 73rd District Court (appointed by Gov. Greg Abbott, September 2024; unexpired term through Dec. 31, 2024) (per campaign)
- Staff attorney, Fourth Court of Appeals, for Justice Lori I. Valenzuela (from 2021)
- Founding attorney and later partner, Santoyo Wehmeyer P.C.
- Commercial and energy litigation attorney, Cox Smith Matthews
- Member, statewide pattern jury charge committee (since 2017) (per candidate)
- Top priorities
- Pledges "to return the court to the Bexar County civil presiding system and work with his colleagues on the civil bench"
- "I believe the presiding system has worked for the citizens of Bexar County for decades"
- "believes judicial reform is best achieved by building consensus" (per campaign)
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: No public statement found
- Court administration: Campaign site: pledges "to return the court to the Bexar County civil presiding system and work with his colleagues on the civil bench"
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- votebenrobertson.com
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