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.[1]
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.[2][3]
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.[2]
Judgeship
In 2014, Yeary was elected to Place 4 on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals as a Republican in a partisan election.[2] According to an analysis done by Ballotpedia to determine judge partisan behavior, Yeary was labeled a "mild Republican".[2] 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.[4]
References
- ^ "TJB | CCA | About the Court | Judges | Judge Kevin Yeary". www.txcourts.gov. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
- ^ a b c d "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.