Jeff Brown (judge)
| Jeffrey V. "Jeff" Brown | |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, Place 6 | |
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Assumed office October 3, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Nathan Hecht |
| Judge of the Texas Court of Appeals for the 14th District | |
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In office 2007 – October 3, 2013 |
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| Judge of the 55th Texas District Court in Harris County | |
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In office c. 2002 – 2007 |
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| Personal details | |
| Born | 1970 (age 46–47) |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Susannah Brown |
| Children | 3 |
| Residence | Houston, Texas |
| Alma mater |
University of Texas University of Houston Law Center |
| Occupation | Attorney; Judge |
Jeffrey V. Brown, known as Jeff Brown (born 1970), is a justice of the Texas Supreme Court. He has held the Place 6 seat on the court since October 3, 2013, under appointment from Governor Rick Perry. He succeeded Justice Nathan Hecht after Hecht's appointment to chief justice to replace Wallace B. Jefferson, who resigned.
Brown's father was a police officer. He is an Eagle Scout. In 1988, Justice Brown graduated from Bishop Lynch High School in Dallas, Texas. He earned his bachelor's degree in English from the University of Texas and his law degree with high honors from the University of Houston Law Center, where he served as one of the editors of the Houston Law Review. He served as a law clerk to Texas Supreme Court Justices Jack Hightower and Greg Abbott. He became certified in civil trial law and practiced with the Houston firm of Baker Botts L.L.P.
From 2007 to 2013, he was a justice on Houston's 14th Court of Appeals. Prior to that, he was the judge of the 55th Texas State District Court.
Brown ran unsuccessfully for the Place 3 position on the Texas Supreme Court in the 2010 Republican primary. He finished in fifth place with 188,238 votes (16.8 percent). However, he trailed the leading vote-getter, Rick Green, by over 24,000 votes. Five of the six candidates ran within close range of the others; therefore, Brown's fifth place was a comparatively strong showing.
Though the Supreme Court term to which was appointed technically runs through 2018, Brown must stand for special election in 2014 to keep the position. He claims to hold a "conservative judicial philosophy".In the Republican primary election held on March 4, 2014, Brown defeated an intraparty challenge from Joe Richard Pool, Jr., son of the late U.S. Representative Joe R. Pool, Sr., who in the 1960s held Texas' 3rd congressional district seat. Brown received 820,582 votes (71.9 percent) to Pool's 320,558 (28.1 percent).
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