Full Name:
Eva Guzman
Gender:
Female
Family:
Husband: Anthony; 1 Child: Melanie
Birth Date:
01/12/1961
Birth Place:
Chicago, IL
Home City:
Houston, TX
BBA, University of Houston
JD, South Texas College of Law
LLM, Duke University School of Law
No political experience information on file.
Former Member, Advisory Board, The Chinquapin School
Chair, Childrens Youth and Families Commission, Texas State Supreme Court
Member, Supreme Court of Texas Advisory Committee, 2009
Faculty Member, Family Trial Law Advocacy Institute
Former Adjunct Faculty Member, University of Houston Law Center
Justice, Texas State Supreme Court, District 9, 2009-2021
Associate Justice, Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Texas, 2001-2009
Appointed by Governor Perry, Judge, Texas State Supreme Court, District 9, October 8, 2009
Judge, 309th Family District Court, 1999-2001
Appointed by Governor Perry, Associate Justice to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Texas, 2001
Appointed by Governor Bush, Judge to the 309th Family District Court, Texas, 1999
Member, Board of Trustees, South Texas College of Law, present
Member, Board of Trustees, The Center for American and International Law, present
Member, Duke University School of Law Board of Visitors, present
Former Member, Advisory Council, Salvation Army Boys and Girls Clubs, Metropolitan Houston
Member, American Bar Association
Member, American Judicature Society
Member, American Law Institute
Member, American Leadership Forum
Member, Bar Association, Houston
Member, Bar Association, Texas
Member, Bar Foundation, Houston
Co-Chair, Continuing Legal Education Committee, Bar Association, Houston
Former Board Member, Escape Center
Member, Executive Committee, Appellate Judges Conference-American Bar Association Judicial Division
Former Member, Frank Evans Center for Conflict Resolution
Former Board Member, Garland Walker American Inns of Court
Former Board Member, Greater Houston Area Chapter, American Red Cross
Member, Hispanic Bar Association
Board Member, Law Alumni Association, South Texas College
Member, Mexican American Bar Association
Member, National Association of Latino Elected Officials
Member, Texas Bar Foundation
Former Board Member, Texas Court Appointed Special Advocates
Board Member, Texas Executive Women
Former Board Member, Wesley Community Center
Member, Women Professionals in Government
Director, Association of Women Attorneys, 1999-2001
Awards:
2014 recipient of the Women and the Law Section of the State Bar of Texas Sara T. Hughes Lawyers of Achievement Award and is a 2014 recipient of the of the Association of Women Attorneys' "Premier Women in the Law Modern Trailblazer" award.South Texas College of Law, recently recognized Justice Guzman's significant career accomplishments and community leadership with a 2014 Alumni Impact Award. The National Hispanic Bar Association honored Justice Guzman with a 2009 Latina Judge of the Year Award. Justice Guzman holds Pathfinder Awards from both the Texas Women Lawyers and the Travis County Women Lawyers Association and was an early recipient of the Texas Executive Women Women on the Move® award.