Barbara Hanson Nellermoe (D)

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Personal Information

Barbara Nellermoe was elected to the bench in November 2002 to a four-year term, re-elected in 2006, and in 2010. In addition to serving as a full-time judge, she serves on the Bexar County Juvenile Board and its Facilities Committee, the Children’s Court Oversight Committee, the Local Rules Committee, as a judicial liaison to the DRO and the Safe-Haven Advisory Committees, and chairs the Court Reporters Oversight Committee.

Judge Nellermoe is the Editor in Chief of the San Antonio Lawyer magazine and past president of the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association. Both organizations have recognized her contributions by honoring her with the Belva Lockwood Outstanding Lawyer Award and the SABA President’s Award for Outstanding Service to the Bar, respectively.

In law school she was chosen Editor in Chief of the St. Mary’s Law Journal and has since published a number of scholarly legal articles. The Texas Bar Foundation selected her article, Professional Responsibility and the Litigator, 28 ST. MARY’S LAW JOURNAL 443, as the Outstanding Law Review Article of 1997.

In 2007, HRC presented Judge Nellermoe with the Equality Award. In 2008, Stonewall Democrats of Bexar County honored her with the Political Advocacy Award. Equality Texas presented her with the Advocate Award in 2009.

Judge Nellermoe is a past chair of the Board of Directors for the College of the State Bar of Texas. She serves on the boards of several community-based organizations which focus on health and education.