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The Tarrant County Bar Association distributes judicial polls to its members. The Tarrant County Bar Association does not endorse any judge or candidate for elected office. The results of the polls are not an endorsement by the Tarrant County Bar Association. The poll is intended to serve an educational purpose to the public and legal profession. Use of the poll results for any other purpose is not intended. A Tarrant County Bar Association member in good standing may vote in the judicial polls. Members are asked to evaluate a judge only if they have personal, firsthand knowledge of the judge. Two types of polls are conducted.
In non-election years, the Tarrant County Bar Association conducts its Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire, in which members are asked to evaluate all elected and appointed judges on a number of criteria.
In election years, the Tarrant County Bar Association distributes a Judicial Candidate Qualification Poll before the general election, in which members are asked to rate the qualifications of candidates in each contested race.
2026
The 2026 Judicial Candidate Poll ran from January 6, 2026 to January 29, 2026. The Judicial Candidate Poll is a survey of the attorney members of the Tarrant County Bar Association that work in Tarrant County. Per the bylaws, the questionnaire only asked members to rate the candidates in a contested race. Two thousand twenty-six members were eligible to vote, and 441 members voted (21.8%).
2025
The 2025 Judicial Evaluation Poll ran from May 5, 2025 to May 28, 2025. The Judicial Evaluation Poll is a survey of the attorney members of the Tarrant County Bar Association that work in Tarrant County. Per the bylaws, the questionnaire only asked members to rate the judges they had appeared in front of in the last five years. Two thousand one hundred and ninety members were eligible to vote, and 395 members voted (18%).
2024
The 2024 Judicial Candidate Poll ran from February 1, 2024 to February 15, 2024. The Judicial Candidate Poll is a survey of the attorney members of the Tarrant County Bar Association that work in Tarrant County. Per the bylaws, the questionnaire only asked members to rate the candidates in a contested race. One thousand six hundred and ninety-five members were eligible to vote, and 295 members voted. The Judicial Evaluation Poll is not an endorsement by the Tarrant County Bar Association. The opinions expressed by TCBA members in the Judicial Evaluation Poll are not an opinion of the Tarrant County Bar Association.
2023
The 2023 Judicial Evaluation Poll ran from September 29, 2023 to October 20, 2023. The Judicial Evaluation Poll is a survey of the attorney members of the Tarrant County Bar Association that work in Tarrant County. Per the bylaws, the questionnaire only asked members to rate the judges they had appeared in front of in the last five years. Two thousand one hundred and fifty-six members were eligible to vote, and 378 members voted. The Judicial Evaluation Poll is not an endorsement by the Tarrant County Bar Association. The opinions expressed by TCBA members in the Judicial Evaluation Poll are not an opinion of the Tarrant County Bar Association.
2022
The 2022 Judicial Candidate Poll ran from January 24, 2022 to February 10, 2022. The Judicial Candidate Poll is a survey of the attorney members of the Tarrant County Bar Association that work in Tarrant County. Per the bylaws, the questionnaire only asked members to rate candidates in a contested race. Two thousand forty-five members were eligible to vote, and 376 members voted. The Judicial Candidate Poll is not an endorsement by the Tarrant County Bar Association. The opinions expressed by TCBA members in the Judicial Candidate Poll are not an opinion of the Tarrant County Bar Association.
2021
The 2021 Judicial Evaluation Poll ran from December 28, 2021, to January 14, 2022. The Judicial Evaluation Poll is a survey of the attorney members of the Tarrant County Bar Association that work in Tarrant County. Per the bylaws, the questionnaire inquires into the qualifications of full-time judges, sitting in Tarrant county on any federal or state court of record and of any full-time justice or judge sitting on the Texas Supreme Court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, and the Texas Court of Appeals for the Second Supreme Judicial District. Only judges who have served in office for at least a year as of the time the poll was launched shall be evaluated. Two thousand eight members were eligible to vote, and 441 members voted. The results are based on the evaluations of the Tarrant County Bar Association voting members who have personal knowledge of the candidate. The Judicial Evaluation Poll is not an endorsement by the Tarrant County Bar Association. The opinions expressed by TCBA members in the Judicial Evaluation Poll are not an opinion of the Tarrant County Bar Association.
2020
2019
2018
Judicial Candidate Qualification Poll
2017
Judicial Evaluation Summary
2016
Judicial Candidate Qualification Poll
2015
Judicial Evaluation Summary
2014
Judicial Candidate Qualification Poll
2013
Judicial Evaluation Summary
The Judicial Candidate Qualification Polls and Judicial Evaluation Polls are not an endorsement of any party or candidate by the Tarrant County Bar Association.
Tarrant County Judiciary Links
- Chief Justice Bonnie Sudderth
- Justice Elizabeth Kerr
- Justice J. Wade Birdwell
- Justice Dabney Bassel
- Justice Dana Womack
- Justice Mike Wallach
- Justice Brian Walker
- 17th District Court – Judge Melody Wilkinson
- 48th District Court – Judge Chris Taylor
- 67th District Court – Judge Don Cosby
- 96th District Court – Judge J. Patrick Gallagher
- 141st District Court – Judge John P. Chupp
- 153rd District Court – Judge Susan Heygood McCoy
- 236th District Court – Judge Dusty Fillmore
- 342nd District Court – Judge Kimberly Fitzpatrick
- 348th District Court – Judge Megan Fahey
- 352nd District Court – Judge Josh Burgess
- 231st District Court – Judge Jesus “Jesse” Nevarez, Jr. & Associate Judge Kevin J. Schmid
- 233rd District Court – Judge Kenneth Newell & Associate Judge Kate Stone
- 322nd District Court – Judge James Munford & Associate Judge Jeffery N. Kaitcer
- 324th District Court – Judge Beth Poulos & Associate Judge Lori DeAngelis-Griffith
- 325th District Court – Judge Cynthia Terry and Associate Judge Kristina Denapolis
- 360th District Court – Judge Patricia Baca Bennett & Associate Judge Craig Jackson
- IV-D Court No. 1 – Associate Judge Casey Conine
- IV-D Court No. 2 – Associate Judge Cherami Jenkins
- IV-D Court No. 3 – Associate Judge Sean Cook
- Child Protection Court – Associate Judge Kim Brown
- Child Protection Court – Associate Judge John Eck
- Criminal District Court No. 1 – Judge Elizabeth H. Beach
- Criminal District Court No. 2 – Judge William A. Knight
- Criminal District Court No. 3 – Judge Douglas A. Allen
- Criminal District Court No. 4 – Judge Andy Porter
- 213th District Court – Judge Michael Ferry
- 297th District Court – Judge Amy Allin
- 371st District Court – Judge Ryan Hill
- 372nd District Court – Judge Julie Lugo
- 396th District Court – Judge Vincent Giardino
- 432nd District Court – Judge Ruben Gonzalez
- 485th District Court – Judge Steven Jumes
- County Criminal Court No. 1 – Judge David Cook
- County Criminal Court No. 2 – Judge Carey F. Walker
- County Criminal Court No. 3 – Judge Bob McCoy
- County Criminal Court No. 4 – Judge Deborah Nekhom
- County Criminal Court No. 5 – Judge Bradley L. Clark
- County Criminal Court No. 6 – Judge Randi Hartin
- County Criminal Court No. 7 – Judge Eric Starnes
- County Criminal Court No. 8 – Judge Charles “Chuck” Vanover
- County Criminal Court No. 9 – Judge Brian Bolton
- County Criminal Court No. 10 – Judge M. Trent Loftin