The Honorable Yvonne Rodriguez (D)

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B.A., Psychology University of Mary Hardin Baylor; J..D.-

Justice Yvonne T. Rodriguez was elected Chief Justice in 2020 . Justice Rodriguez was elected to serve on the Eighth Court of Appeals on January 1, 2013. She was born in Wiesbaden, Germany in 1958. Justice Rodriguez has previously served as Judge of El Paso County Probate Court No. 1. She was the first Hispanic female probate judge in the State of Texas. She graduated from Mary Hardin-Baylor with a B.A. in psychology and obtained her law degree from Baylor Law School. She was admitted to the State Bar in November 1993.