Scott Andrew Brister | |
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 Brister in 2012 | |
| Chief Justice of the 15th District Court of Appeals | |
| Assumed office June 11, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Justice of the Texas Supreme Court | |
| In office November 21,2003 –September 7,2009 | |
| Preceded by | Craig T. Enoch |
| Succeeded by | Eva Guzman |
| Personal details | |
| Born | January 8,1955 |
| Party | Republican |
| Spouse | Julie Upton Brister |
| Children | Four daughters |
| Alma mater | Duke University Harvard Law School |
| Occupation | Lawyer;judge |
Scott Andrew Brister (born January 8,1955) is the chief justice of Texas's Fifteenth Court of Appeals since September 2024 and a former justice of the Supreme Court of Texas,where he served from November 2003 until September 2009. He was appointed to the Supreme Court by Governor Rick Perry to serve the remainder of the term of Justice Craig T. Enoch. He was then elected to a regular six-year term in November 2004. Brister resigned from the court effective September 7,2009,before the scheduled end of his term on December 31,2010. He was succeeded on the court by Eva Guzman,the first female Hispanic to serve on the body. [1] He was later employed as a partner in the Austin office of the law firm Hunton Andrews Kurth. [2] On June 11,2024,Governor Greg Abbott announced his intention to appoint Brister as chief justice of the newly created Texas Fifteenth Court of Appeals. [3]