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Get to Know the “Slate of Eight”

November 10, 2018

The eight new Justices bring a wide range of legal experience to the Fifth Court, from the trial bench, criminal law on the prosecution and defense sides, and a variety of civil practices:

  1. Chief Justice, Hon. Robert Burns, presently judge of Criminal District Court 1 in Dallas County;
  2. Place 2, Dallas attorney Robbie Partida-Kipness, a principal in the Kipness Law Firm;
  3. Place 5, Dallas attorney Erin Nowell, a law partner of my former classmate Jeff Simon at Simon Greenstone & Panatier;
  4. Place 9, Dallas attorney Bill Pedersen, a solo with a criminal and civil law practice;
  5. Place 10, Dallas attorney Amanda Reichek, board-certified in labor and employment law;
  6. Place 11, Dallas/Rockwall attorney Cory Carlyle, who has particular expertise in criminal appeals;
  7. Place 12, Hon. Ken Molberg, presently judge of the 95th Civil District Court in Dallas County, whose campaign website aptly describes the Fifth Court as “the most important court you’ve never heard of“; and
  8. Place 13, Dallas attorney Leslie Lester Osborne, whose background is in civil litigation.