Bill Gillespie Whitehill at a glance
- Current role
- Business Court Judge (Seat 1B)
- Jurisdiction
- Texas · State
- Judicial service
- Active
- Term and retention
- Current term ends August 31, 2028
Bill Gillespie Whitehill
Business Court Judge (Seat 1B) · First Business Court Division
Biography
Professional career
- Texas Business Court – Inaugural Judge, First Division, Dallas (2024–present)
- Bill Whitehill is the inaugural Judge of the Texas Business Court’s First Division (Division 1B) in Dallas, appointed by Governor Greg Abbott in September 2024
Education
Additional information
- Reappointed in 2026
- Judge Whitehill presides over complex commercial cases in the Texas Business Court, the state’s specialized division for high‐value, business‐related litigation.
- Judge Whitehill has been noted for enforcing contractual punitive‐damages waivers between sophisticated commercial parties, even in fiduciary relationships, interpreting statutory protections narrowly when waivers leave compensatory and equitable remedies intact
Published courtroom rules
Shared court rules
Texas Business Court Rule 354(a) — pleading requirements
First Business Court Division
Texas Business Court actions only. Partial reader capture; links to full official PDF. Shared baseline only, not a judge-specific preference or complete local rules inventory. Apply source exceptions, case-type limits, later amendments and case orders.
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Texas Judicial Branch, Business Court Divisions official judicial roster
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