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# Kent Chambers

Texas 9th Court of Appeals · Court of Appeals Justice

## Profile

- Court: Texas 9th 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/9thcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-kent-chambers/)
- [Official roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/9thcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-kent-chambers/)
- [Texas Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/9thcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-kent-chambers/)
- [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 judge serving Place 4 on the Texas Ninth Court of Appeals, appointed in July 2024 and elected for a six‐year term starting January 1, 2025
- Appointed by Governor Greg Abbott on July 1, 2024, after winning the Republican primary in March 2024, to fill the seat vacated by Justice Hollis Horton’s retirement.
- Official court bio: Texas Courts – Justice Kent Chambers

### Education

- Kent Chambers graduated from Baylor University in 1987 and Baylor Law School in 1988, earning his Texas bar license in May 1989 at age 23.

### Additional information

- Chambers has lived in Montgomery County, Texas, since 2007.
- Began his six‐year elected term on January 1, 2025, with his term ending December 31, 2030.
- He married Marisa in 1985, and they have four daughters and ten grandchildren.
- Began his legal career in Beaumont, Texas, and later built a statewide civil litigation practice over more than 35 years
- handling cases in 65 courts across 32 Texas counties and appeals in nine of the fourteen courts of appeals plus the Texas Supreme Court.
- Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law.
- Constitutional conservative who emphasizes applying the written law to the facts without political bias.
- He is an ordained Southern Baptist deacon and active in his church community.



## 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.