January 6, 2025 | Austin, Texas | Appointment

Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Lee Harris to the Tenth Court of Appeals, Place 2, for a term set to expire on December 31, 2026, or until his successor shall be duly elected and qualified.

Lee Harris of Whitney is Judge of the 66th Judicial District Court in Hill County. Previously, he served as the County Court at Law Judge for Hill County and as a partner with Moore & Harris, Attorneys.

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Lee lives in Whitney. He  is a graduate of Baylor Law School. He received his undergraduate degree from Stephen F. Austin State University, where he graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor of Science in Agriculture. He is married.

Before taking the bench, Harris was a partner at Moore & Harris. Serving primarily as a litigator, Harris tried numerous civil and criminal jury trials. From November 1999 to August 2005, he served as District Attorney Pro Tem of Hill County. Harris prosecuted approximately 600 felony cases during that time.

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Lee was previously a partner at Moore & Harris and served as district attorney pro tem of Hill County.

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Lee was appointed to the Tenth Court of Appeals, Place 2, in January 2025 for a term set to expire on December 31, 2026.

Lee Harris was appointed to the Tenth Court of Appeals, Place 2, in January 2025 for a term set to expire on December 31, 2026.

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Served as Hill County district attorney pro tem from November 1999 to August 2005, prosecuting approximately 600 felony cases.

Served as judge of Hill County’s 66th Judicial District Court.

As a partner at Moore & Harris, represented clients and tried numerous civil and criminal cases before juries.

- Served as Hill County district attorney pro tem from November 1999 to August 2005, prosecuting approximately 600 felony cases.
- Served as judge of Hill County’s 66th Judicial District Court.
- As a partner at Moore & Harris, represented clients and tried numerous civil and criminal cases before juries.

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As of July 22, 2026, Lee Harris’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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My judicial philosophy is simple: 
Judges should uphold the law, 
not make the law!
Trial Court Judge for over 19 years

Said judges should uphold the law rather than make it.

- Said judges should uphold the law rather than make it.

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Lee Harris

- Served as judge of Hill County’s 66th Judicial District Court.
- As a partner at Moore & Harris, represented clients and tried numerous civil and criminal cases before juries.

Lee Harris has a bachelor s degree in agriculture from Stephen F. Austin State University and a law degree from Baylor Law School. He and his wife, Holly, live near Peoria, Texas. They have daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah, and two grandsons. He is a deacon at Peoria Baptist Church.

Lee is a judge on the Texas Tenth Court of Appeals. He previously served as a judge for the County Court at Law of Hill County and the 66th Judicial District Court in Hill County. He also worked as a partner with Moore & Harris, Attorneys. He has served as an adjunct professor in the Practice Court program at Baylor Law and as a Jaworski Fellow.

Lee is currently a justice on the Tenth Court of Appeals. He was appointed in 2025. Before that, he served as a judge on the 66th Judicial District Court and as the first judge of the County Court at Law of Hill County.

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- 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.