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 2012 / Active

David Lewis

Justice, Court of Appeals of Texas

David Lewis is a Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas, serving since 2012. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2012 · 13 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2012	Court of Appeals of Texas	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Lewis authored 24 published opinions for the court (2013–2014). Most cited: West Fork Advisors, LLC v. Sungard Consulting Services, LLC and Sungard Investement Systems, LLC (42 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. 24 of these were attributed to Lewis 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
2014	West Fork Advisors, LLC v. Sungard Consulting Services, LLC and Sungard Investement Systems, LLC†	437 S.W.3d 917	42
2013	Stovall & Associates, P.C. v. Hibbs Financial Center, Ltd.†	409 S.W.3d 790	42
2014	Ameripath, Inc. and DFW 5.01(a) Corporation v. Steven Hebert M.D.†	447 S.W.3d 319	40
2013	Cambridge Legacy Group, Inc. v. Ravi Jain†	407 S.W.3d 443	31
2014	Cresencio Bastida v. Abel's Mobile Home Service, Inc.†	444 S.W.3d 98	24
2014	Schmidt v. Richardson†	420 S.W.3d 442	15
2013	Gautam & Shweta Daftary D/B/A Preston Dental v. Prestonwood Market Square, LTD†	404 S.W.3d 807	15
2014	Jerron C. Hill, M.D. v. TX-An Anesthesia Management, LLP†	443 S.W.3d 416	11
2014	In the Interest of S.Y., a Child†	435 S.W.3d 923	11
2013	Michael Tabasso v. Bearcom Group, Inc.†	407 S.W.3d 822	8
2014	Dallas County Grand Prairie v. Sides†	430 S.W.3d 649	7
2013	State for the Best Interest & Protection of M.P.†	418 S.W.3d 850	6
2013	Dr. Robert Miller v. Matthew Aaron Churches†	418 S.W.3d 749	6
2013	Whitehead Vincent v. Bulldog Battery Corporation†	400 S.W.3d 115	6
2014	in the Matter of J.M., a Minor†	433 S.W.3d 792	5

Showing the 15 most-cited of 24 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 David Lewis on?: David Lewis is a Justice of the Court of Appeals of Texas.

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13 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).