Deborah Hankinson

American judge (born 1953)

Deborah G. Hankinson (born February 3, 1953) is an American attorney who served as a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas from 1997 to 2002.

Early life and career

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Hankinson was born on February 3, 1953. She earned a special education degree from the University of Texas at Dallas in 1977, and initially worked as an educator for children with developmental disabilities.

She later received her J.D. degree from Southern Methodist University Dedman School of Law . In 1995, Hankinson was appointed as a judge of the Fifth District Court of Appeals located in Dallas, Texas . On October 28, 1997, she was appointed by Governor George W. Bush as a justice of the Supreme Court of Texas . Hankinson remained on the bench until December 31, 2002. She returned to private practice and founded her own appellate law firm in Dallas.

See also

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• List of justices of the Texas Supreme Court

References

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 Yardley, Jim (2000-07-09). ["Bush's Choices For Court Seen As Moderates"](https://www.nytimes.com/2000/07/09/us/bush-s-choices-for-court-seen-as-moderates.html)
. _The New York Times_. [ISSN](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISSN_(identifier) "ISSN (identifier)")
 [0362-4331](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331)
. Retrieved 2019-09-06.

1. ↑ "Texas Supreme Court justice's philosophy is topic of debate" . Dallas News. 2013-02-28. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
2. ↑ "TEXAS SUPREME COURT ADVISORY" . www.txcourts.gov. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
3. ↑ LLP, Hankinson. "Former Texas Supreme Court Justice Deborah Hankinson Honored by UT Dallas" . www.prnewswire.com (Press release). Retrieved 2019-09-06.
4. ↑ Platoff, Emma (2019-08-05). "With a new vacancy on the Texas Supreme Court, attention turns to diversity concerns" . The Texas Tribune. Retrieved 2019-09-06.
5. ↑ "Bio | Deborah Hankinson" . Retrieved 2019-09-06.
6. ↑ "Politics: Lawyers on the Outs" . D Magazine. December 2003. Retrieved 2019-09-06.

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