Attorney; former Justice, Fifth District Court of Appeals

Erin Nowell served as a justice of the Fifth District Court of Appeals in Dallas from January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2024¹. She earned her law degree at the University of Texas in 2003 and worked at Baron & Budd, Jones Day and other firms¹. She defeated the incumbent in the March 2026 Democratic primary and is unopposed in November¹².

• Justice, Fifth District Court of Appeals (Place 5), January 1, 2019 to December 31, 2024¹
• Attorney with Baron & Budd, Jones Day, Kelley Witherspoon LLP, and Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett¹
• J.D., University of Texas School of Law, 2003; B.A., Wake Forest University, 2000¹
• Elected to the Fifth Court of Appeals in 2018¹. Defeated incumbent D'Metria Benson in the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for County Court at Law No. 1¹; unopposed in November². The court page still lists Judge Benson presiding³.