--- title: "Elizabeth Kerr | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-kerr-tx-2nd-court-appeals" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-27" --- # Elizabeth Kerr Texas 2nd Court of Appeals · Court of Appeals Justice ## Profile - Court: Texas 2nd 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/2ndcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-elizabeth-kerr/) - [Official roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/2ndcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-elizabeth-kerr/) - [Texas Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/2ndcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-elizabeth-kerr/) - [Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.2, Electronic Filing](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1461885/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure.pdf) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-kerr-tx-2nd-court-appeals", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/elizabeth-kerr-tx-2nd-court-appeals", "name": "Elizabeth Kerr | KnowJudges", "description": "Elizabeth Kerr, Texas 2nd Court of Appeals. 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Mahon Inn of Court. - In the 2022 general election, she defeated Delonia Watson, receiving 60.8% of the vote. - She taught legal writing and research from 1995 onward at the DFW School of Law, later Texas Wesleyan, and now Texas A&M University School of Law. - During the 1990s, Kerr worked on multiple projects with lexicographer Bryan A. Garner, including as a contributing editor of the seventh edition of Black’s Law Dictionary. - Born in 1956 in Memphis, Tennessee, Kerr graduated from White Station High School in 1974. - Fellow of the Tarrant County Bar Foundation and Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. - After law school, she served two years as a briefing attorney for the late Judge Lucius D. Bunton III of the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. - She also serves on the advisory board of the Federalist Society’s Fort Worth Lawyers Chapter and is a member of the Fort Worth Chapter of the St. Thomas More Society. ## 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.