Criminal defense attorney

Jessica A. Gonzalez is a criminal trial attorney in private practice who spent nearly eight years as a prosecutor in the Bexar County District Attorney's Office¹. She won a three-way Democratic primary with 50.21 percent of the vote for the open County Court at Law No. 9 seat¹².

• Criminal trial attorney for more than 21 years, including nearly eight years as a Bexar County assistant district attorney and about 13 years representing adults and juveniles accused of crimes¹
• Says she helped draft legislation that led to a Texas constitutional amendment and penal code provisions denying bail in certain family violence cases¹
• JD, St. Mary's University School of Law, 2004¹
• Not a sitting judge. She won the March 3, 2026 Democratic primary for the open seat of retiring Judge Gloria Saldana².