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Justice Wallace B. Jefferson (1963-) was appointed to the Court in March 2001 by Gov. Rick Perry and was elected in 2002. He was appointed Chief Justice by Gov. Rick Perry in September 2004 becoming the first African American to hold the office as well as the first to serve on the Court. Justice Jefferson is the son of William and Joyce Jefferson of San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from John Jay High School in San Antonio in 1981 and received a B.A. in Political Philosophy from Michigan State University in 1985. He attended the University of Texas School of Law where he earned his Juris Doctor in 1988. He practiced law in San Antonio with Groce, Locke and Hebdon, an appellate law firm, from 1988-1991. With two other attorneys, Jefferson opened an appellate law firm in 1991, Crofts, Callaway and Jefferson, which became a leading appellate practice in Texas. He served as San Antonio Bar Association president in 1998-99 and was the San Antonio Young Lawyers Association's Outstanding Young Lawyer in 1997. He was among the "40 Under 40 Rising Stars" named by the San Antonio Business Journal in 1996 and received the "Pillars of the Foundation" award by the Northside Independent School District in San Antonio. His professional activities have included serving on the Supreme Court of Texas Advisory Committee, the Texas State Commission on Judicial Conduct and chairing the host committee for the 2000 Fifth Circuit Judicial Conference. He served as a director of the San Antonio Public Library Foundation, of the Alamo Area Big Brothers/Big Sisters and on the education committee of the San Antonio Area Foundation. Justice Jefferson is married to Rhonda, a former public school teacher with whom he has three boys. BIBLIOGRAPHY: link: Texas Supreme Court. link: Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse. link: Jefferson campaign website.
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