Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas

The Fifth Court of Appeals of Texas is one of the 14 Texas Courts of Appeals. It currently sits in Dallas, Texas. It has simultaneously both the smallest Court of Appeals' jurisdictional geographic size (only six counties, one of which is shared with another Court), and the largest composition (13 Justices).

Jurisdiction

The Fifth Court presides over appeals from the following counties:

• Collin
• Dallas
• Grayson
• Hunt (*)
• Kaufman
• Rockwall

(*) This county shares jurisdiction with the Sixth Court of Appeals of Texas.

Current justices

As authorized under Chapter 22 of the Texas Government Code, the Fifth Court consists of a Chief Justice and 12 associate justices. The current clerk of the court is Ruben Morin.

Place	Justice[1]	Born	Joined	Term ends	Mandatory retirement[a]	Party affiliation	Appointed by	Law school
1	J. J. Koch, Chief Justice	1978 or 1979 (age 45–46)[3]	January 1, 2025	2030	2054	Republican	—[b]	SMU
3	Bonnie Lee Goldstein	1961 or 1962 (age 63–64)[4]	January 1, 2021	2026	2036	Democratic	—[b]	George Washington
6	Craig Smith	1951 or 1952 (age 72–73)[5]	January 1, 2021	2026	2026	Democratic	—[b]	Texas Tech
8	Dennise Garcia	1968 or 1969 (age 56–57)[6]	January 1, 2021	2026	2044	Democratic	—[b]	SMU
13	Emily Miskel	1980 or 1981 (age 43–44)[7]	December 26, 2022	2030	2058	Republican	Greg Abbott (R)	Harvard
4	Maricela Moore	1975 or 1976 (age 49–50)[8]	January 1, 2023	2028	2050	Democratic	—[b]	George Washington
7	Nancy Kennedy	1975 or 1976 (age 48–49)[9]	January 1, 2023	2028	2050	Democratic	—[b]	SMU
9	Tina Clinton	1969 or 1970 (age 54–55)[10]	January 1, 2025	2030	2046	Democratic	—[b]	SMU
2	Jessica Lewis	1980 or 1981 (age 43–44)[11]	January 1, 2025	2030	2058	Republican	—[b]	SMU
11	Gino Rossini	1969 or 1970 (age 54–55)[12]	January 1, 2025	2030	2046	Republican	—[b]	UT
5	Cynthia Barbare	1960 or 1961 (age 63–64)[13]	January 1, 2025	2030	2036	Republican	—[b]	SMU
10	Earl Jackson	–	January 1, 2025	2030	–	Republican	—[b]	A&M
12	Mike Lee	1959 or 1960 (age 64–65)[14]	January 1, 2025	2030	–	Republican	—[b]	UT