El Paso County
District Judge, 168th Judicial District
R. Wayne Pritchard
Republican- On ballot as
- R. Wayne Pritchard
- Current role
- Attorney in private practice in El Paso; patent attorney and engineer
- Background
- Bachelor of Science in chemical engineering, Texas A&M University (1979)
- Law degree, St. Mary's University School of Law (1987)
- Licensed in Texas since 1987
- Chemical engineer, Reynolds Metals Company, Corpus Christi (1979–1987) (per candidate)
- Experience
- Attorney in El Paso for 39 years, mostly as a solo practitioner (per candidate)
- Specialty: intellectual property law, including patents, trademarks and copyrights (per campaign)
- Admitted before the U.S. Patent Office, Texas state courts and federal courts in West Texas (per campaign)
- Admitted before the Fifth Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court (per campaign)
- Republican primary (March 2026): unopposed
- Top priorities
- "I promise to move my docket along making sure that every person is given a fair opportunity to be heard"
- Campaign site: "A judge should give everyone a fair opportunity to present their case"
- Tidbits
- Judicial philosophy: Campaign site: "A judge should give everyone a fair opportunity to present their case"
- Court administration: In a KVIA questionnaire: "Too often, the legal system seems to take too long. I promise to move my docket along making sure that every person is given a fair opportunity to be heard."
- Endorsements
- None found in our research
- Campaign website
- pritchardforjudge.com
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