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Vela stops in Paris on campaign
By Mary Madewell
Published November 27, 2009
Republican candidate for the Texas Supreme Court Place 9, now 13th Court of Appeals Justice, Rose Vela made a campaign stop in Paris Tuesday afternoon at the 24th Street Cafe where she was greeted by about 30 supporters.
Vela most likely will face off in the March Republican primary against Eva Guzman, a recent Gov. Rick Perry appointee. Perry made his appointment after Vela announced she would seek the Supreme Court position following the resignation of then-Justice Scott Brister, who resigned in September to return to private practice.
“I believe I am well qualified for the Supreme Court after serving since 2006 on the 13th Court of Appeals,” Vela said. She made history in 2006 by becoming the first Republican elected to the South Texas-based 13th Court of Appeals. Since her election, she has authored hundreds of appellate decisions and, together with her colleagues, has reduced the court’s backlog, according to her Web site at www.rosevela.com.
“I will be a strong conservative voice on the court and will work hard,” Vela said.
No stranger to work, Vela worked her way through college at Southwest Texas State University in San Marcos by serving up burgers at the local Dairy Queen. She graduated in three years and received her law degree from Saint Mary University’s School of Law. She has been licensed to practice law for 21 years. She has worked as an attorney in private practices, served two terms as a district trial judge and has served on the 13th Court of Appeals since being elected in 2006.
Justice Vela is married to attorney Fil Vela.
She is a member of the American Inns of Court, American Bar Association, Texas Bar Association, National Association of Women Judges, Texas Center for Legal Ethics and Professionalism, the College of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Bar Foundation. She is also a graduate of the Texas College of Advanced Judicial Studies (General Jurisprudence), the National Judicial College (Conducting the Trial, Advanced Evidence), and the Harvard Law School Program on Negotiation.
Before joining the Court, Justice Vela previously served as the presiding administrative judge of the Nueces County Council of Judges, president of the Corpus Christi Young Lawyers’ Association, director of the Texas Center for the Judiciary, and director of the Corpus Christi Bar Association.
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