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Ballotpedia, Tina Yoo Clinton

DEMOCRATIC PART OF KENDALL COUNTY, Candidate Spotlight: Tina Clinton

Trellis, Judge Tina Yoo Clinton: Professional Background and Legal Expertise

Tina is from Duncanville, Texas. She holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from the University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from Southern Methodist University School of Law. She is married to her husband. She is Methodist. 

Tina previously worked as a prosecutor, defense attorney, municipal judge, and state district court judge.

Tina Clinton currently serves as a Judge of Dallas County Criminal District Court 1. She was elected to this position in 2010 and is serving her third full term. 

As a criminal district court judge for 14 years, Clinton presides over felony criminal cases, divorce cases, cases involving title to land, election contest cases, civil matters in which the amount of money or damages involved is $200 or more, and any matters in which jurisdiction is not placed in another trial court.

- As a criminal district court judge for 14 years, Clinton presides over felony criminal cases, divorce cases, cases involving title to land, election contest cases, civil matters in which the amount of money or damages involved is $200 or more, and any matters in which jurisdiction is not placed in another trial court.

Legal Experience

As of September 7, 2024, Tina Clinton’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Judicial Administration

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Believes the court's first responsibility is to fairness and truth, saying "the law is followed and applied equally to all persons, regardless of who they are."

Believes the court's first responsibility is ensuring "fairness and truth." 

- Believes the court's first responsibility is ensuring "fairness and truth." 

Judicial Philosophy

Ethics & Conduct

Community Involvement

Tina Clinton

As of September 12, 2024, Tina Clinton’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Tina Clinton currently presides over Texas Criminal District Court 1, a felony district court. She previously served as Judge of Dallas County Criminal Court 8, a misdemeanor court, and has also served as a municipal judge for area cities.

Tina Clinton has more than 15 years of judicial experience in North Texas and currently presides over Texas Criminal District Court 1. She has served as Judge of Dallas County Criminal Court 8 and as a municipal judge for area cities. She has been elected to the Board of the Texas Center for the Judiciary.

- In Texas, appeals from district and county courts, except death penalty cases, go to one of 14 intermediate courts of appeal.
- There are a total of 80 appellate court seats, distributed variably among the courts based on population across the 14 districts.
- Courts with more than three justices decide cases in rotating panels of three.
- Justices are elected in partisan elections for six-year terms.
- The yearly salary for a Court of Appeals justice in Texas is between $192,500 and $255,050 based on the total number of years they have served.

Hears appeals on orders and decisions made by lower trial courts.