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# Shequitta Kelly

Texas County Criminal Court No. 11 · Statutory County Court Judge

## Profile

- Court: Texas County Criminal Court No. 11
- State: Texas
- Role: Statutory County Court Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-25

## 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

### civil remote appearances

Scope: statewide

In civil district and county court proceedings, the court may permit or require electronic participation after appropriate notice; compelled electronic participation for oral-testimony proceedings requires good cause or party agreement, and a jury trial requires party agreement.

Evidence excerpt: Upon appropriate notice by a party or the court, a court may allow or require a participant to appear at a court proceeding by videoconference, teleconference, or other available electronic means, except as otherwise provided in (2).

[Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26

### civil recording and broadcasting

Scope: statewide

Civil district and county trial courts may permit courtroom recording or broadcasting only under Supreme Court guidelines, with the required party and witness consent, or for ceremonial proceedings.

Evidence excerpt: A trial court may permit broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing of proceedings in the courtroom only in the following circumstances:

[Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18c, Recording and Broadcasting of Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://card.txcourts.gov/directorysearch.aspx)
- [Official roster](https://card.txcourts.gov/directorysearch.aspx)
- [Texas Office of Court Administration official judicial roster](https://card.txcourts.gov/directorysearch.aspx)
- [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf)
- [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18c, Recording and Broadcasting of Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf)

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## Biography

### Professional career

- Elected in 2015 as Judge of Dallas County Criminal Court No. 11, Kelly oversees cases involving family violence.
- Kelly regularly engages the public through events like Curls, Clippers and Conversations, educating the hair industry on the criminal justice system, and through Pipeline to Possibilities, an initiative to keep youth out of the justice system

### Education

- Indiana University School of Law–Indianapolis in — J.D. (2003)

### Additional information

- The presiding judge of Dallas County Criminal Court No. 11 in Texas, a court dedicated to handling family violence cases, and has served in this role since 2015.
- Expedited Case Processing — in 2016, she restructured court dockets to speed case resolution while protecting both offenders’ rights and victims’ safety.
- Born and raised in Michigan City, Indiana, Kelly graduated in 1999 from Indiana University with dual bachelor’s degrees in Criminal Justice and Psychology as a first-generation college student.
- Before entering the judiciary, Kelly worked in Indiana’s Allen County Prosecutors’ Office as a Felony Domestic Violence Intake Prosecutor for over six years
- handling hundreds of cases.
- She later moved to Dallas, Texas, obtained a Texas law license, and spent six years prosecuting severe child abuse cases in the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office.
- Intercepted Program — the first multi-faceted domestic violence offender program in the U.S., offering a nine‐month rehabilitative plan for first-time young offenders, including mental health and substance abuse treatment and batterer intervention.
- She is active in organizations such as Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., Urban League, and the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce.