Yolanda is from Taylor, Texas. She attended Reagan High School. She has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from St. Mary’s School of Law. She lives with her three children in San Antonio, Texas.

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Yolanda is from Taylor, Texas. She earned a bachelor’s degree in government from the University of Texas at Austin and a law degree from the St. Mary’s University School of Law. She lives with her three kids in San Antonio, Texas.

Yolanda is a judge. She works at the Bexar County Court of Law, where she has been since 2018. She presides over County Court 12 and the Mental Health Court. She previously worked as a private practice attorney, handling cases involving Child Protective Services, juvenile and family law, and personal injury.

Yolanda previously worked as a private practice attorney at the Law Office of Yolanda Huff.

Yolanda Huff is currently the judge for Bexar County Court at Law No. 12. She was first elected in 2018.

Yolanda Huff is currently the judge for Bexar County Court at Law No. 12. She was first elected in 2018 and is in her second term.

As a private practice attorney, worked on cases involving Child Protective Services, juvenile and family law, and personal injury.

As an attorney at the Law Office of Yolanda Huff for 21 years, researched, drafted, and filed legal documents, and provided defense and counsel to clients, specializing in Child Protective Services cases, juvenile and family law, and personal injury law.

As a judge for Bexar County Court at Law No. 12 for seven years, oversees cases involving traffic offenses and local ordinance violations, conducts preliminary hearings in criminal cases, issues search and arrest warrants, and determines sentencing in certain minor criminal cases.

- As an attorney at the Law Office of Yolanda Huff for 21 years, researched, drafted, and filed legal documents, and provided defense and counsel to clients, specializing in Child Protective Services cases, juvenile and family law, and personal injury law.
- As a judge for Bexar County Court at Law No. 12 for seven years, oversees cases involving traffic offenses and local ordinance violations, conducts preliminary hearings in criminal cases, issues search and arrest warrants, and determines sentencing in certain minor criminal cases.

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Said, "My duty as a judge is to protect the constitutional rights of the defendant while simultaneously protecting the community."

- Said, "My duty as a judge is to protect the constitutional rights of the defendant while simultaneously protecting the community."

Judicial Philosophy

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As a judge, established and chairs the Bexar County Specialty Courts Coalition to promote community awareness of specialty courts.

As a judge for Bexar County Court at Law No. 12, established and chairs the Bexar County Specialty Courts Coalition to promote community awareness of specialty courts.

As a judge for Bexar County Court at Law No. 12, presides over the county's mental health court, with a focus on restorative justice.

As a judge for Bexar County Court at Law No. 12, uses blanket policies on fines and punishments on defendants with driving while intoxicated (DWI) cases, believing that they should be held accountable for those crime.

- As a judge for Bexar County Court at Law No. 12, established and chairs the Bexar County Specialty Courts Coalition to promote community awareness of specialty courts.
- As a judge for Bexar County Court at Law No. 12, presides over the county's mental health court, with a focus on restorative justice.
- As a judge for Bexar County Court at Law No. 12, uses blanket policies on fines and punishments on defendants with driving while intoxicated (DWI) cases, believing that they should be held accountable for those crime.

Judicial Administration

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Ethics & Conduct

Set up a meet-and-greet event to celebrate the history of the black judges within Bexar County and San Antonio.

- Set up a meet-and-greet event to celebrate the history of the black judges within Bexar County and San Antonio.

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Said, "If someone makes the decision to drive while under the influence, they will be held accountable for that crime — or any crime, for that matter."

- Said, "My duty as a judge is to protect the constitutional rights of the defendant while simultaneously protecting the community."
- Said, "If someone makes the decision to drive while under the influence, they will be held accountable for that crime — or any crime, for that matter."

- As a judge for Bexar County Court at Law No. 12, established and chairs the Bexar County Specialty Courts Coalition to promote community awareness of specialty courts.
- As a judge for Bexar County Court at Law No. 12, presides over the county's mental health court, with a focus on restorative justice.

Accused by DWI defense attorneys of using blanket policies on fines and punishments on defendants, violating due process and not taking the individuals facts of the cases into account.

- Accused by DWI defense attorneys of using blanket policies on fines and punishments on defendants, violating due process and not taking the individuals facts of the cases into account.