Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals

Bert Richardson is a judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, where he has served since 2015, and was earlier judge of the 379th District Court in Bexar County¹. He is the Republican nominee for Chief Justice of the Fourth Court of Appeals³; the seat has no incumbent because Chief Justice Rebecca Martinez is not seeking reelection².

• Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, since 2015; he is retiring from that seat and not seeking reelection to it¹²
• Judge, 379th District Court (Bexar County), appointed in 1999 and serving for nearly a decade; senior visiting judge from 2009 to 2014¹
• Bexar County assistant district attorney and assistant U.S. attorney for the Western District of Texas, 1988 to 1999; board certified in criminal law; JD, St. Mary's University School of Law¹
• In his questionnaire he says Gov. George W. Bush appointed him to the 379th District Court in 1999, and that he was elected statewide to the Court of Criminal Appeals as a Republican in 2014 and 2020¹. The Fourth Court of Appeals chief justice seat is an open race with no incumbent¹.