Deborah Hankinson

Deborah Hankinson was a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.[1][2]

She was born on February 3, 1953. Hankinson earned a special education degree from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1977, and initially worked as an educator for children with developmental disabilities.[3][4][5] She later received her J.D. degree from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law. In 1995, Hankinson was appointed as a judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeals located in Dallas, Texas.[6] On October 28, 1997, she was appointed by Governor George W. Bush as a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas. Hankinson remained on the bench until December 31, 2002. She returned to private practice and founded her own appellate law firm in Dallas.[7]

See also

• Supreme Court of Texas
• List of justices of the Texas Supreme Court

References

1. "Texas Supreme Court justice's philosophy is topic of debate". Dallas News. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
2. "TEXAS SUPREME COURT ADVISORY". www.txcourts.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
3. LLP, Hankinson. "Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Deborah Hankinson Honored by UT Dallas". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
4. Platoff, Emma (2019-08-05). "With a new vacancy on the Texas Supreme Court, attention turns to diversity concerns". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
5. Yardley, Jim (2000-07-09). "Bush's Choices For Court Seen As Moderates". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
6. "Bio | Deborah Hankinson". Retrieved 2019-09-06.
7. "Politics: Lawyers on the Outs". D Magazine. Retrieved 2019-09-06.

Political offices
Preceded by John Cornyn	Justice of the Texas Supreme Court 1997–2002	Succeeded by Dale Wainwright