Nathan Hecht Politician
Nathan Lincoln Hecht (born August 15, 1949) is the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. A Republican from Dallas, Hecht was first elected to the Supreme Court in 1988 and was reelected to six-year terms in 1994, 2000, and 2006. He secured his fifth six-year term on November 6, 2012. He was appointed chief justice by Governor Rick Perry on September 10, 2013 and was sworn in by retiring Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson on October 1, 2013. Hecht will fill the unexpired term of Chief Justice Jefferson, which ends on December 31, 2014.
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| office | Associate Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Place 1 Judge of the Texas Court of Appeals for the 5th District Judge of the 95th Judicial District in Dallas County |
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