Dale Wainwright
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Judge J. Dale Wainwright |
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Texas Supreme Court, Place 7 |
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In office January 7, 2003 – September 30, 2012 |
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| Preceded by | Deborah Hankinson |
| Succeeded by | Jeffrey S. Boyd |
| District Judge of the 334th Civil Court of Harris County, Texas | |
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In office 1999–2003 |
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June 19, 1961 Mt. Juliet, Wilson County Tennessee, USA |
| Spouse(s) | Debra Wainwright |
| Children | 4 |
| Residence | Austin, Texas |
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Howard University (B.A.) University of Chicago Law School (J.D.) |
| Occupation | attorney, former jurist |
J. Dale Wainwright (born June 19, 1961, in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee) is a former associate justice of the Texas Supreme Court. Initially elected to a six-year term, in November 2002, to replace Deborah Hankinson, he was reelected, in 2008, to a second term that would have ended, in December 2014.
On September 30, 2012, Wainwright officially resigned from the Texas Supreme Court after nearly a decade of service. He subsequently joined the Austin office of the law firm Bracewell and Giuliani. His successor on the court, effective December 3, 2012, was Jeffrey S. Boyd, a former chief of staff to Texas governor Rick Perry. Boyd was appointed by Perry to finish Wainwright's term.
Wainwright graduated summa cum laude with a major in economics from Howard University, studied at the London School of Economics as a Luard Scholar during his junior year, and received his J.D. from the University of Chicago Law School.
Wainwright was appointed a district judge of the 334th civil court of Harris County in 1999 by governor George W. Bush, where he served until his election to the supreme court.
Wainwright and Wallace B. Jefferson were the first African Americans to be elected to the Texas Supreme Court. Jefferson was initially appointed by Perry in 2001, and won his seat in 2002, in the same election in which Wainwright was elected to an open seat on the court. Like all justices on the state supreme court, Wainwright was a Republican.
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