| Kevin Yeary | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office January 1, 2015 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1966-09-08) September 8, 1966 (age 58) |
| Political 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.
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.
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.
Judgeship
In 2014, Yeary was elected to Place 4 on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals as a Republican in a partisan election. According to an analysis done by Ballotpedia to determine judge partisan behavior, Yeary was labeled a "mild Republican". 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.
References
- "TJB | CCA | About the Court | Judges | Judge Kevin Yeary". www.txcourts.gov. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ "Kevin Patrick Yeary". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- "Kevin Yeary". www.bloomberg.com. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- Svitek, Patrick (18 May 2022). "Why Ken Paxton's supporters in the Texas attorney general race are unbothered by his mounting scandals". The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 3 August 2022.