--- title: "W. Reed Leverton | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/w-reed-leverton-15802" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # W. Reed Leverton Texas 388th Judicial District Court · Associate Judge ## Profile - Court: Texas 388th Judicial District Court - State: Texas - Role: Associate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-06-30 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Associate Judge, Texas 388th Judicial District Court, El Paso, TX, ?-present ### Education - LL.M. in Dispute Resolution — Pepperdine University School of Law / Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, 2008 Before law school, Leverton spent 10 years in commercial real estate development and securities. - J.D. — University of Texas at Austin School of Law, 1989 - Anthropology — Wake Forest University — 1977 ### Additional information - Admitted to the State Bar of Texas (1989), U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas, and U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas. - Practitioner, W. Reed Leverton, P.C., El Paso, TX, ?-present - Professional, Commercial Real Estate Development and Securities, ?-present - Full-time mediator with the Association of Attorney-Mediators; certified advanced mediator. - Mediation experience spans family law, personal injury, labor & employment, commercial/contract, professional negligence, and more. - Has mediated over 850 cases. - Presided over over 1,000 civil cases during his judicial tenure. - Cases included divorces, custody matters, and other family law disputes. - held the role of Associate Judge, 65th (Family) District Court, El Paso County, TX. - Retired associate judge of the 65th (Family) District Court in El Paso County, Texas, and a licensed attorney with extensive experience in family law, mediation, and dispute resolution. ## 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://www.courtlistener.com/person/15802/w-reed-leverton/) - [Official roster](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15802/w-reed-leverton/) - [Texas 388th Judicial District Court current judicial profile](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15802/w-reed-leverton/) - [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) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15802/w-reed-leverton/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/w-reed-leverton-15802", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/w-reed-leverton-15802", "name": "W. 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This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.