Kevin Yeary Explained

Kevin Yeary
Office:Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Term Start:January 1, 2015
Birth Date:8 September 1966
Party:Republican
Education:St. Mary's University, Texas (BA, JD)

Kevin Patrick Yeary is an American attorney and jurist who serves on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. A Republican, he was elected in 2014.[1]

Background

Yeary has a Bachelors of Arts in English communication from St. Mary's University. He also has his Juris Doctor from St. Mary's University.[2] [3]

Following law school, Yeary was a briefing attorney for Judge Bill White, a former judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. From 1992 to 1995, Yeary worked as an associate attorney for Hedges & Walsh. However, he left private practice to become an assistant district attorney, where he worked in Dallas County, Harris County, and Bexar County.[2]

Judgeship

In 2014, Yeary was elected to Place 4 on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals as a Republican in a partisan election.[2] According to an analysis done by Ballotpedia to determine judge partisan behavior, Yeary was labeled a "mild Republican".[2] Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has criticized every member of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals except Yeary because he was the lone dissenter in a case that prohibited the state attorney general from having unilateral power to prosecute voter fraud.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: TJB CCA About the Court Judges Judge Kevin Yeary . www.txcourts.gov . 3 August 2022.
  2. Web site: Kevin Patrick Yeary . Ballotpedia . 3 August 2022 . en.
  3. Web site: Kevin Yeary . 3 August 2022 . www.bloomberg.com.
  4. Web site: Svitek . Patrick . Why Ken Paxton’s supporters in the Texas attorney general race are unbothered by his mounting scandals . The Texas Tribune . 3 August 2022 . en . 18 May 2022.