Supreme Court of Texas
Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle currently serves as a Justice on the Supreme Court of Texas, a position held since October 2020. Prior to this role, Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle was a Partner and Partner-in-charge of the Houston office at Baker Botts from June 2017 to October 2020. Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle also served as a Justice on the Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas from August 2011 to June 2017, where analysis and adjudication of over 1,000 appeals and original proceedings were conducted, resulting in the authorship of over 400 reasoned majority opinions. Earlier in the career, Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle was a Partner in the Trial Department at Baker Botts LLP from September 1999 to July 2011, representing a range of clients in various legal matters. Rebeca Aizpuru Huddle earned a J.D., with honors, from The University of Texas School of Law and holds a B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University.
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Supreme Court of Texas
Composed of the Chief Justice and eight Justices, the Supreme Court of Texas is the court of last resort for civil matters in the State of Texas. The Justices of the Supreme Court are elected to staggered six-year terms in state-wide elections. When a vacancy arises the Governor may appoint a Justice, subject to Senate confirmation, to serve out the remainder of an unexpired term until the next general election. All members of the Court must be at least 35 years of age, a citizen of Texas, licensed to practice law in Texas, and must have practiced law (or have been a lawyer and a judge of a court of record together) for at least ten years (see Tex. Const., Art. 5, Sec. 2). By statute the Court has administrative control over the State Bar of Texas. Tex. Gov't Code § 81.011. The Court is also the sole authority for licensing attorneys in Texas and appoints the members of the Board of Law Examiners which administers the Texas bar examination. Tex. Gov't Code §§ 82.00, 82.004. The Court promulgates the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the Texas Rules of Evidence and other rules and standards.