Members
Office |
Office Holder |
Represents / Term Ends |
Chair |
The Honorable Sharon Keller |
Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals |
Ex Officio Member(s) |
Sen. Brandon Creighton |
Texas Senate |
|
The Honorable Nathan L. Hecht |
Chief Justice, Texas Supreme Court |
|
Rep. Joe Moody |
Chair, House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee |
|
The Honorable Sherry Radack |
Chief Justice, 1st Court of Appeals |
|
Rep. Reggie Smith |
Texas House of Representatives |
|
The Honorable Vivian Torres |
County court or statutory county court judge appointed by the Governor |
|
Sen. John Whitmire |
Chair, Senate Criminal Justice Committee |
Appointed Member(s) |
Mr. Alex Bunin |
Governor's Appointment, 02-01-2025 |
|
Mr. Jay Cohen |
Attorney, 02-01-2025 |
|
Valerie Covey |
Governor's Appointment, 02-01-2024 |
|
The Honorable Richard A. Evans |
Governor's Appointment, 02-01-2024 |
|
The Honorable Missy Medary |
State District Judge, Nueces County, 02-01-2024 |
Notes
The 77th Texas Legislature, through the passage of the Fair Defense Act, established the blueprint for
meaningful interaction between State and local government through the creation of the first state body to
administer statewide appropriations and policies. In exchange for State fiscal assistance, the local judiciary
is required to report its plan for delivering indigent defense services. The Commission publishes these local
plans on its website for all to view. The law also requires local county auditors to annually report county
expenditures pertaining to criminal indigent defense services. The county expenditure reports are also
published on the Commission website.
Renamed the Texas Indigent Defense Commission effective September 1, 2011.