The Honorable Stephen B. Ables (R)

Last modified on: 03-30-2021 21:31:49

Presiding Judge
(Sixth Region)

Entered Office: 01-26-2021 Term Ends: 12-31-2024

General Information

Home Town: Kerrville Birthdate: 09-29-1948


Personal Information

Steve Ables of Kerrville is Presiding Judge of the Sixth Administrative Judicial Region, and is Chairman of the Regional Presiding Judges. He previously served as Judge of the 216th Judicial District Court. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Center for the Judiciary Curriculum Committee, and is a founding board member of the Texas Judicial Foundation. He is former dean of the Texas College for New Judges and past chairman of the Texas Center for the Judiciary, Texas Judicial Section and Texas Judicial Ethics Committee and is a life fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation. He is also a board member of the Cailloux Charitable Foundation, Hill County Youth Ranch Advisory Board and a member of the Hill Country Beginners Symphony Orchestra. Ables attended the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and received a Bachelor of Arts and a Juris Doctor degree from Baylor University.