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John previously served as a judge for the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals from 2013 to 2018. Before that, he was a judge for Texas District 113 from 2010 to 2012 and for Texas District 61 from 1997 to 2008. He also worked as the director of judicial and legal issues for Judge Ed Emmett from 2009 to 2010. 

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John previously served as a justice on the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals from 2013 to 2018. He also served as a judge for Texas District Courts 61 and 113. He ran for re-election for the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals in 2018 but did not win.

John Donovan previously served as a justice on the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals from 2013 to 2018. He also served as a judge for Texas District Courts 61 and 113. He ran for re-election for the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals in 2018 but did not win.

As of January 22, 2026, John Donovan did not have a website or any information online.

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John Donovan

John is a justice. He works at the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals, where he has been since 2013. He previously worked at the 113th District Court in Texas as a judge from 2010 to 2012, at the office of Judge Ed Emmett as director of judicial and legal issues from 2009 to 2010, and at the 61st District Court in Texas as a judge from 1997 to 2008.

John previously served as a judge for the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals from 2013 to 2018. Before that, he was a judge for Texas District 113 from 2010 to 2012 and for Texas District 61 from 1997 to 2008. He also worked as the director of judicial and legal issues for Judge Ed Emmett from 2009 to 2010.

John is currently a justice on the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. He was first elected in 2012. He previously served as a judge on the 61st District Court from 1997 to 2008 and on the 113th District Court from 2010 to 2012. He ran for re-election to the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals in 2018 but did not win.

John is a justice on the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals. He previously served as a judge for Texas District Courts 113 and 61. Before taking the bench, he worked as the director of judicial and legal issues for Judge Ed Emmett. 

John previously served as a justice on the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals from 2013 to 2018. He also served as a judge on the Texas District Court, 113th Judicial District, from 2010 to 2012, and on the Texas District Court, 61st Judicial District, from 1997 to 2008. He ran for re-election to the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals in 2018 but did not win.

John previously served as a judge for the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals from 2013 to 2018. He also served as a judge for Texas District 113 from 2010 to 2012 and for Texas District 61 from 1997 to 2008. Before taking the bench, he worked as the director of judicial and legal issues for Judge Ed Emmett from 2009 to 2010. 

John previously served as a judge on the Texas Fourteenth District Court of Appeals from 2013 to 2018. He ran for re-election in 2018 but did not win. Before that, he was a judge for Texas District 113 from 2010 to 2012 and a judge for Texas District 61 from 1997 to 2008.

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- Hears bench and jury trials, including cases with large monetary amounts.
- Serves as an appellate judge for cases from local courts. They work on all cases they receive until they are closed or appealed to a higher court.
- County civil court-at-law judges are elected in a partisan, county-wide election to a four-year term. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 25 years old, have been a Texas and county resident for at least 24 consecutive months, a practicing lawyer and/or judge in Texas for at least four years, and registered to vote in that county.
- The annual salary for county civil court-at-law judges ranges from $174,000 to $244,500, depending on years of service and how much they receive as a county supplement.

Hears bench and jury trials and appeals from local courts.

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