MEMBERSHIP OF THIS COURT
CHIEF JUSTICE: Carolyn Wright
5th Court of Appeals
Terms ends 12/31/12
Next election: 2012
NEWS ITEM
Gov. Perry Appoints Wright as Chief Justice of Texas’ Fifth District Court of Appeals
First African American to serve as chief justice of any Texas intermediate appellate court
October 23, 2009
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Justice Carolyn Wright of Heath as chief justice of Texas’ Fifth District
Court of Appeals for a term effective Oct. 31, 2009 and to expire at the next general election. She is the first African
American to serve as chief justice of any intermediate appellate court in Texas.
Wright is an associate justice of the Fifth District Court of Appeals, where she has served for fourteen years. She is a
member of the State Bar of Texas, American Bar Association Judicial Section, National Bar Association Judicial
Council, Dallas Bar Association, J.L. Turner Legal Association, and College of the State Bar of Texas. She is past
chair and a sustaining life fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, a founding life fellow of the Dallas Young Lawyers Bar
Foundation, fellow of the Dallas Bar Foundation, and a member of the Executive Women of Dallas, the Dallas
Chapter of Links Inc., and the Jordan Community Development Center Board. Wright received a bachelor’s degree
from the District of Columbia Teachers College and a law degree from Howard University School of Law.
SOURCE: Gov's website
JUSTICES
JUSTICES OF THE FIFTH COURT OF APPEALS (Sep 2011)
Carolyn Wright Chief Justice
Joseph B. Morris Justice
Jim Moseley Justice
David Bridges Justice
Michael J. O'Neill Justice
Kerry P. FitzGerald Justice
Martin E. Richter Justice
Molly Francis Justice
Douglas S. Lang Justice
Elizabeth Lang-Miers Justice
Mary Murphy Justice
Robert M. Fillmore Justice
Lana Myers Justice
JUSTICES WITH PLACE DESIGNATIONS (2009)
Term Place Term Ending Next Election
Place 2: Joseph B. Morris 6 year 2 12/31/12 2012
Place 3: Mary Murphy 6 year 3 12/31/14 2014
Place 4: Carolyn Wright 6 year 4 12/31/10 2010
Place 5: James Moseley 6 year 5 12/31/12 2012
Place 6: David L. Bridges 6 year 6 12/31/14 2014
Place 7: Michael J. O’Neill 6 year 7 12/31/10 2010
Place 8: Kerry F. Fitzgerald 6 year 8 12/31/14 2014
Place 9: Martin E. Richter 6 year 9 12/31/12 2012
Place 10: Molly Francis 6 year 10 12/31/12 2012
Place 11: Douglas S. Lang 6 year 11 12/31/12 2012
Place 12: Robert M. Fillmore 6 year 12 12/31/12 2010
Place 13: Elizabeth Lang Miers 6 year 13 12/31/12 2012
DATA SOURCE: Statewide and Court of Appeals Judges Permanent Place Designations
(updated 6/16/09)
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2008 MEMBERSHIP ROSTER
Justice Joseph B. Morris
Place 2 | 6 year term ends 12/31/12 Next election 2012
Justice Mark L. Whittington
Place 3 | 6 year term ends 12/31/08 Next election 2008
Justice Carolyn Wright
Place 4 | 6 year term ends 12/31/10 Next election 2010
Justice James Moseley
Place 5 | 6 year term ends 12/31/12 Next election 2012
Justice David L. Bridges
Place 6 | 6 year term ends 12/31/08 Next election 2008
Justice Michael J. O’Neill
Place 7 | 6 year term ends 12/31/10 Next election 2010
Justice Kerry F. Fitzgerald
Place 8 | 6 year term ends 12/31/08 Next election 2008
Justice Martin E. Richter
Place 9 | 6 year term ends 12/31/12 Next election 2012
Justice Molly Francis
Place 10 | 6 year term ends 12/31/12 Next election 2012
Justice Douglas S. Lang
Place 11 | 6 year term ends 12/31/12 Next election 2012
Justice Amos Mazzant
Place 12 | 6 year term ends 12/31/12 Next election 2012
NOTE: Justice Mazzant has accepted appointment as a United States Magistrate Judge
Justice Elizabeth Lang Miers
Place 13 | 6 year term ends 12/31/12 Next election 2012
PAGE LAST UPDATED: 9/26/11
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