Chief Justice, 14th Court of Appeals: who gets your vote?
What this role does
This court reviews civil and criminal appeals from trial courts in its region, except cases in which the death penalty is imposed.
The justices review trial-court decisions rather than hold a new trial.
- Civil appeals
- Criminal appeals
- Reviewing trial-court decisions
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KEVIN JEWELL
Running for Chief Justice, 14th Court of Appeals · Texas
StateRepublican Party / Partido Republicano
SARAH BETH LANDAU
Running for Chief Justice, 14th Court of Appeals · Texas
StateDemocratic Party / Partido Demócrata
Job fit
KEVIN JEWELL
- Jewell was elected to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals on November 8, 2016. 1
- Before his election, Jewell was a litigation and appellate shareholder at Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry in Houston and chaired its appellate practice group. 1
- Before joining the bench, Jewell handled hundreds of appeals and argued over 100 cases across the Supreme Court of Texas, Texas intermediate appellate courts and several federal appeals courts. 1
SARAH BETH LANDAU
- Landau’s campaign states she served as a justice on the First Court of Appeals from 2019 to 2024. 2
- Her campaign says she handled over 400 appeals before taking the bench, drawing on over 20 years in state and federal courts, public and private practice, and civil and criminal law. 2
- Her campaign says she represented indigent defendants in federal criminal appeals before the Fifth Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court, then moved to federal public defender trial work after eight years. 2
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Sources
- 14th COA | About the Court | Justices | Justice Kevin Jewell · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience
- ELECT SARAH BETH LANDAU – For Chief Justice of the ... · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience