John P. Devine
| John Phillip Devine | |
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| Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, Place 4 | |
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Assumed office January 1, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | David M. Medina |
| Judge of the 190th Texas District Court for Harris County | |
| Preceded by | Eileen F. O'Neill |
| Succeeded by | Jennifer W. Elrod |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1958 Indiana, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Nubia Piedad Gomez Devine (m. 1989) |
| Children | 7 |
| Residence | Harris County, Texas Travis County, Texas |
| Alma mater |
Ball State University South Texas College of Law |
John Phillip Devine (born 1958 in Indiana) is the Place 4 justice of the nine-member Texas Supreme Court. A Republican, Devine defeated incumbent David Medina in the runoff election held on July 31, 2012. Devine then ran without a Democratic Party opponent in the general election held on November 6, 2012. His term began on January 1, 2013.
Devine graduated in 1980 with a degree in Business Administration and Marketing from Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. He then worked for Shell Oil in Houston, Texas, and studied there at the South Texas College of Law, from which in 1986 he obtained his Juris Doctor degree. He worked thereafter for Brown and Root.
Before being elected to the state Supreme Court, Devine was the district judge for the 190th Judicial District Court of Harris County from 1995 through 2002. He was unopposed for the judgeship in the 1994 Republican primary and then in the general election narrowly unseated the Democrat incumbent, Eileen F. O'Neill, 289,943 (50.5 percent) to 284,246 (49.5 percent). He was reelected to a second term on the district court in 1998, with 261,514votes (52.8 percent) to the Democrat Jane Fraser, who polled 233,597 (47.2 percent). Devine did not seek a third term in 2002 and was succeeded on the district court by fellow Republican Jennifer F. Elrod.
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