Michelle Slaughter (born 1978) is a Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.
Michelle Slaughter | |
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Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals | |
Assumed office January 1, 2019 | |
Preceded by | Elsa Alcala |
Personal details | |
Born | 1978 (age 45–46) |
Political party | Republican |
Education | University of Houston (B.A., J.D.) |
Slaughter received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Houston and her Juris Doctor from the University of Houston Law Center in 2004.[1]
Upon graduating law school, she clerked with Haynes and Boone. Before taking the bench she was a managing member at Slaughter & Hammock and from 2005 to 2010 practiced at Locke Lord.[2]
Slaughter campaigned to be a Judge for the 405th District Court of Galveston County and took office in 2013.[3] In 2015, she was cleared of any wrongdoing by a judicial panel after concern was raised over personal Facebook posts regarding a trial she was overseeing.[4]
In March 2018, she won the Republican primary to be a Judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.[3] Her opponent in the General Election was Libertarian Mark Ash.[5] She went on to win the general election, receiving 4,760,576 votes or 74% of the vote.[6] Her term on the Texas Criminal Court of Appeals began on January 1, 2019[1] and she replaced Judge Elsa Alcala.[7]
Slaughter is a Republican.[8]
Year | Republican | Votes | Pct | Libertarian | Votes | Pct | |
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2018 | Michelle Slaughter | 4,760,576 | 74.68% | Mark Ash | 1,614,119 | 25.32% |