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# Clint Morgan

Texas 1st Court of Appeals · Court of Appeals Justice

## Profile

- Court: Texas 1st 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.

## 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/1stcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-clint-morgan/)
- [Official roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/1stcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-clint-morgan/)
- [Texas Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/1stcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-clint-morgan/)
- [Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.2, Electronic Filing](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1461885/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure.pdf)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Republican‐party judge for Place 7 of the Texas First District Court of Appeals, elected in November 2024 and serving until 2030
- Position: Justice, Place 7, Texas First District Court of Appeals (Houston)
- Law clerk and staff attorney for Judge Paul Womack (Texas Court of Criminal Appeals) for two years after law school

### Education



### Additional information

- Before his judicial appointment, Justice Morgan served 12 years as Assistant District Attorney of Harris County, all in the appellate division



## 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.