The Honorable Bill Meier (R)

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Personal Information

Justice Bill Meier grew up in Waco, Texas, and graduated from University High School in 1958. Afterwards he attended Tarleton State College on a basketball scholarship and received a two-year associate degree in science. Justice Meier moved to Austin, Texas, in 1961 to attend the University of Texas where he received his Bachelor of Science degree. He received his Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas School of Law in 1966. Justice Meier started practicing law in Dallas, Texas, then moved to Tarrant County in 1969. He was an active solo practitioner for the last twenty-two years of his private practice until his election to the Second Court of Appeals in 2008.