Andrea K. Bouressa

Professional career

• Judge in the First Division of the Texas Business Court, appointed by Governor Greg Abbott on September 1, 2024, after serving as the first Judge of the 471st Judicial District Court in Collin County, Texas
• From 2019 to 2024, Bouressa was the first Judge of the 471st Judicial District Court in Collin County, Texas, created in 2019
• Initially appointed by Governor Abbott, later elected to the bench, and served a two-year term as Local Administrative District Judge

Education

Additional information

• Bouressa is active in the Texas Aggie Bar Association (Board Member & Treasurer), Collin County Bar Association, Curt B. Henderson Inn of Court, and Collin County Women Lawyers’ Association, which awarded her the 2023 Outstanding Jurist honor.
• In 2022, the Texas Aggie Bar Association named her Rising Aggie Lawyer
• Firms including Henslee Schwartz, Shannon, Gracey, Ratliff & Miller, and Dykema Cox Smith.
• Before joining the judiciary, Bouressa practiced law in Texas
• focusing on business and commercial litigation, insurance defense, employment law, medical product liability, and appellate matters.
• In that role, she presided over thousands of civil disputes, resolving up to 200 cases per month
• Appointed by Governor Abbott to this position following her tenure on the Collin County bench
• She also held the role of a staff assistant in the Office of U.S. Senator John Cornyn during law school