Judge, 503rd Judicial District Court, Rockwall County

J. Brian Williams is the sitting judge of the 503rd Judicial District Court in Rockwall County, appointed by Governor Greg Abbott effective December 1, 2025, for a term set to expire December 31, 2026²³. He previously served as Judge of the Rockwall County Court at Law, and before taking the bench was Chief of the Civil Division of the Rockwall County Criminal District Attorney's Office². He is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat¹.

• Judge, 503rd Judicial District Court, Rockwall County, a general-jurisdiction trial court for felony criminal and civil cases, including family law and juvenile cases²
• Judge, Rockwall County Court at Law, appointed November 2010 and elected to that bench in November 2012, per the court's own page²
• Chief of the Civil Division, Rockwall County Criminal District Attorney's Office, before taking the bench²
• Earlier work as Rockwall County Court Administrator and as a legislative aide to Congressman Ralph Hall; commercial litigation in private practice in Dallas²
• B.A. in Government, University of Texas at Austin; J.D., Southern Methodist University (2000)²
• Appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to the 503rd Judicial District Court effective December 1, 2025, for a term set to expire December 31, 2026, or until a successor is elected and qualified³. The court's page describes the court as newly created and says he was sworn in on December 1, 2025².