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# Jimmy Blacklock

Supreme Court of Texas · Chief Justice

## Profile

- Court: Supreme Court of Texas
- State: Texas
- Role: Chief Justice
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-08-22

## Sources

- [Official profile](https://www.txcourts.gov/supreme/about-the-court/justices/)
- [Official roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/supreme/about-the-court/justices/)
- [Texas Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/supreme/about-the-court/justices/)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Blacklock became Chief Justice on January 6, 2025, succeeding Nathan Hecht
- Chief Justice: Appointed in 2025; now the court’s presiding officer
- Associate Justice, Texas Supreme Court: Appointed by Governor Greg Abbott in 2018 to replace Don Willett; elected in 2018 and re‐elected in 2024
- Prior roles: General Counsel to Governor Greg Abbott Senior positions in the Texas Attorney General’s Office, including defending state laws on voter ID, abortion, marriage, and redistricting Deputy Attorney General, managing divisions on opinions, open records, and public finance Civil Rights Division, U.S. Department of Justice under President George W. Bush Private practice in Houston and Austin Law clerk to Judge Jerry Edwin Smith, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

### Education

- Yale Law School; member of the Federalist Society and President of Yale Law Republicans — J.D.
- BA: University of Texas at Austin (highest honors)

### Additional information

- His current term runs until the end of 2026, and he is running for re‐election in the November 3, 2026 general election.
- Born August 28, 1980 in Houston, Texas, and raised in Missouri City, Blacklock is a sixth‐generation Texan.
- He is a member of the Republican Party.
- He lives in Austin with his wife and three daughters.



## 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.