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Supreme Court of Texas / Joined 2010 / Active

Debra Ann H. Lehrmann

Justice, Supreme Court of Texas

Debra Ann H. Lehrmann is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, serving since 2010. She previously served on the Texas 360th Judicial District Court. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Born: 1956 · age 70
Tenure: Since 2010 · 16 yrs

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2010	Supreme Court of Texas	–	–
2010	Supreme Court of Texas	–	–
2017	Supreme Court of Texas	–	–
1987	Texas 360th Judicial District Court	–	–
2010	Supreme Court of Texas	–	–
2011	Supreme Court of Texas	–	–
2017	Supreme Court of Texas	–	–

Education

The University of Texas at Austin	magna cum laude	1979
The University of Texas at Austin		1982

Judicial Record

In our data, Lehrmann authored 65 published opinions for the court (2010–2026), plus 15 dissents and 15 concurrences. Most cited: Jelinek v. Casas (597 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. 90 of these were attributed to Lehrmann 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
2010	Jelinek v. Casas· Dissent†	328 S.W.3d 526	597
2012	Rusk State Hospital v. Black· Concurrence†	392 S.W.3d 88	489
2012	In the Interest of E.R.· Concurrence†	385 S.W.3d 552	418
2011	Molinet v. Kimbrell· Dissent†	356 S.W.3d 407	412
2014	in the Interest of K.M.L., a Child· Concurrence†	443 S.W.3d 101	397
2018	Youngkin v. Hines†	546 S.W.3d 675	362
2012	U-Haul International, Inc. v. Waldrip· Dissent†	380 S.W.3d 118	358
2016	Houston Belt & Terminal Railway Co., Bnsf Railway Co., and Union Pacific Railroad Co. v. City of Houston, Texas and Daniel Krueger, in His Official Capacity as Director of Public Works and Engineering· Concurrence†	487 S.W.3d 154	327
2012	Texas West Oaks Hospital, LP v. Williams· Dissent†	371 S.W.3d 171	299
2016	John Sampson v. the University of Texas at Austin· Dissent†	500 S.W.3d 380	280
2011	Epps v. Fowler	351 S.W.3d 862	272
2013	Byron D. Neely, Individually, and Byron D. Neely, M.D., P.A. v. Nanci Wilson, CBS Stations Group of Texas, L.P., D/B/A Keye-Tv and Viacom, Inc.· Dissent†	418 S.W.3d 52	271
2015	Cantey Hanger, Llp v. Philip Gregory Byrd, Lucy Leasing Co., L.L.C., and Pgb Air, Inc.†	467 S.W.3d 477	237
2013	In re Lee†	411 S.W.3d 445	225
2015	Lezlea Ross v. St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital· Concurrence†	462 S.W.3d 496	206

Showing the 15 most-cited of 95 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 Supreme Court of Texas reach the bench?: The court's current selection method is partisan election.
Which court is Debra Ann H. Lehrmann on?: Debra Ann H. Lehrmann is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.

Sources

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