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# Tracy Christopher

Texas 14th Court of Appeals · Court of Appeals Justice

## Profile

- Court: Texas 14th 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/14thcoa/about-the-court/justices/chief-justice-tracy-christopher/)
- [Official roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/14thcoa/about-the-court/justices/chief-justice-tracy-christopher/)
- [Texas Judicial Branch official judicial roster](https://www.txcourts.gov/14thcoa/about-the-court/justices/chief-justice-tracy-christopher/)
- [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

- Chief Justice Tracy Christopher is the elected head of the Texas 14th Court of Appeals, serving since November 2020, with a career spanning over 15 years as a trial and appellate judge in Texas
- Elected Chief Justice of the 14th Court of Appeals in November 2020 and had been appointed as a justice of that court in December 2009

### Education


### Additional information

- Texas Bar Foundation Outstanding Jurist Award (2013) for her work as both a trial and appellate judge
- Vinson & Elkins (1981–1986)
- University of Notre Dame – honors, 1978
- Also previously named Trial Judge of the Year by the same association.
- She presides over the court’s appellate cases and leads the judicial branch’s appellate division in Houston, Texas.
- Before becoming Chief Justice, Justice Christopher served 15 years as a judge of the 295th District Court, where she was highly rated as a trial judge.
- Chair of the Supreme Court Advisory Committee, which studies and proposes changes to Texas’ Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules of Evidence, and Rules of Appellate Procedure.
- She has also held the role of past chair of the Pattern Jury Charge Oversight Committee.
- She is board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law.
- She is married to Vance Christopher, has three adult children and six grandchildren, and is active in community service through her church and the Houston Bar Association’s charitable programs.
- She is a Catholic and has been involved with both the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts.



## 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.