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# Clarissa Silva

Texas 13th Court of Appeals · Court of Appeals Justice

## Profile

- Court: Texas 13th Court of Appeals
- State: Texas
- Role: Court of Appeals Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Biography

### Professional career

- The incumbent Place 6 Justice of the Texas Thirteenth Court of Appeals, serving since January 1, 2021, and running for re‐election in the November 3, 2026 general election
- Justice, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District (Edinburg), Edinburg, TX, 2021-2026
- Assistant County Attorney, San Patricio County, TX, 2017-2020
- Assistant District Attorney, Nueces County District Attorney's Office, TX, 2008-2017
- Criminal Justice — The University of Texas at San Antonio — 2003

### Education

- Texas Southern University — J.D. (2007)

### Additional information

- She has over 18 years of legal and judicial experience, including service as a prosecutor in the Nueces County District Attorney’s Office and the San Patricio County Attorney’s Office.
- Her judicial career focuses on reviewing complex legal matters, applying constitutional principles, and ensuring due process
- Silva is a Republican Party candidate and attorney, born and raised in Harlingen, Texas.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### appellate electronic filing

Scope: statewide

In Texas appellate courts, attorneys must electronically file civil and criminal documents, subject to a good-cause motion; self-represented parties may e-file but are not required to do so.

Evidence excerpt: Attorneys in civil cases must electronically file documents. Attorneys in criminal cases must electronically file documents except for good cause shown in a motion filed in the appellate court.

[Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.2, Electronic Filing](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1461885/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.txcourts.gov/13thcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-clarissa-silva/)
- [Official roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/13thcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-clarissa-silva/)
- [Texas Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/13thcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-clarissa-silva/)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/16058/clarissa-silva/)
- [Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.2, Electronic Filing](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1461885/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure.pdf)
- [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/16058/clarissa-silva/)

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## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.2, Electronic Filing](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-e966a5411b2587c600cf3508) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1461885/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.