How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Texas reach the bench?

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Court of Appeals of Texas / Joined 2014 / Active

Craig Stoddart

Justice, Court of Appeals of Texas

Craig Stoddart is a Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas, serving since 2014. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2014 · 12 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2014	Court of Appeals of Texas	–	–

Education

University of North Texas

Judicial Record

In our data, Stoddart authored 7 published opinions for the court (2015–2018), plus 1 concurrence. Most cited: Marcus Joseph Roper v. Katherine Elizabeth Jolliffe (45 citations).

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 8 of these were attributed to Stoddart by a unique court-, date-, and surname-match against our roster (marked ), because CourtListener recorded no author for them. Each links to the official text to verify. How we match.

Selected opinions

Year	Case	Citation	Cited
2015	Marcus Joseph Roper v. Katherine Elizabeth Jolliffe†	493 S.W.3d 624	45
2015	Albert G. Hill, III v. Albert G. Hill, Jr.†	460 S.W.3d 751	25
2017	Grynberg v. Grynberg†	535 S.W.3d 229	6
2018	Tex. Health Res. v. Coming Attractions Bridal & Formal, Inc.†	552 S.W.3d 335	5
2018	Collin Cnty. v. City of McKinney†	553 S.W.3d 79	3
2015	Barbara Pinkus v. Hartford Casualty Insurance Company· Concurrence†	487 S.W.3d 616	3
2016	In re Silver†	500 S.W.3d 644	1
2016	Ad Villarai, LLC v. Chan Il Pak†	487 S.W.3d 774	0

Showing the 8 most-cited of 8 authored opinions in our data. “Cited” is inbound citations across the CourtListener corpus. Case links open the ruling’s full text (CourtListener) or its page here; read the methodology and verify against the primary source.

Questions & answers

How do judges of the Court of Appeals of Texas reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court is Craig Stoddart on?: Craig Stoddart is a Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas.

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12 years on the Court of Appeals of Texas. Data as of 2026-03-31. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).