Pat Lykos
| Patricia R. Lykos | |
|---|---|
| Personal details | |
| Born | Patricia R. Lykos (like us) |
| Spouse(s) | William A. "Bill" Allen, CPA/JD (1976 to present) |
| Residence | Houston, Texas (USA) |
| Alma mater |
University of Houston, (BS Pol. Sci.) South Texas College of Law, (JD) |
| Occupation | Lawyer Judge Writer, Commentator, Speaker Rancher |
Patricia R. "Pat" Lykos is an American lawyer who is the former District Attorney of Harris County, Texas, United States. She is the first woman elected to that position.
Lykos graduated from the University of Houston in 1967 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Political Science. Lykos earned her Doctor of Jurisprudence in 1971 from South Texas College of Law. She worked her way through college and law school while employed full-time as a Houston police officer. As a lawyer she practiced in state, county, district and appellate courts and in federal court, litigating civil, criminal and family law matters. In 1980, the Harris County Commissioners' Court appointed her to the newly created bench of County Criminal Court No. 10, to which she won election that year.
In 1981, Republican Governor Bill Clements appointed her as Judge of the 180th State Criminal District Court. Lykos ran for re-election to the criminal court for three terms: 1982, 1986 and 1990. being re-elected each time. Lykos served as a senior district judge, a special assignments judge, and as Director of Special Projects for County Judge Robert Eckels, and Director of Judicial and Legal Issues for County Judge Ed Emmett.
Lykos was the former chief judge of the Harris County criminal district courts, served three terms as President of the Retired, Senior and Former Judges of Texas, and taught in programs for the Texas Center for the Judiciary, the American Bar Association, and the State Bar of Texas. She is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and the Houston Bar Foundation, of which she is a founding member. She has been an adjunct professor at South Texas College of Law, and taught at the National Judicial College.
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