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

The court's current selection method is partisan election.

Supreme Court of Texas / Joined 2025 / Active

Kyle D. Hawkins

Justice, Supreme Court of Texas

Kyle D. Hawkins is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas, serving since 2025. Opinions & record ↓ Sources ↓

Tenure: Since 2025 · 1 yr

Judicial service

Year	Court	Appointed by	Vote
2025	Supreme Court of Texas	–	–

Judicial Record

In our data, Hawkins authored 3 published opinions for the court (2026), plus 1 dissent and 5 concurrences.

Published, precedential opinions from the CourtListener corpus. Counts and rankings are objective and recomputable: how we count. We describe the record, not the judge. 9 of these were attributed to Hawkins 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
2026	Laboratory Corporation of America Holdings D/B/A Laboratory Corporation of America v. the State of Texas and Npt Associates†	–
2026	The State of Texas and Kyle Madsen in His Official Capacity as Director of Right of Way v. Jrj Pusok Holdings, LLC· Dissent†	–
2026	River Creek Development Corporation and City of Hutto, Texas v. Preston Hollow Capital, LLC; 79 Hcd Development, LLC; Public Finance Authority; And U.S. Bank National Association· Concurrence†	–
2026	In the Interest of K.N., K.L., K.L., and K.L., Children†	–
2026	Studio E. Architecture and Interiors, Inc. v. Emily Lehmberg· Concurrence†	–
2026	John P. Boerschig v. Rio Grande Electric Cooperative, Inc.· Concurrence†	–
2026	Jonathan Timothy Noyes v. the State of Texas for the Protection of Samantha Jo Voges· Concurrence†	–
2026	Webb Consolidated Independent School District v. Robert Marshall and Amy Marshall· Concurrence†	–
2026	City of San Antonio v. Nadine Realme†	–

Showing the 9 most-cited of 9 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 Kyle D. Hawkins on?: Kyle D. Hawkins is a Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas.

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1 year on the Supreme Court of Texas. Data as of 2026-07-02. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).