Linda R. Yañez (D)

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Personal Information

Linda Reyna Yañez, appointed by Gov. Ann Richards in 1993, is the first Hispanic Woman to serve on an appeals court in the history of the state of Texas and is the first woman to serve on the 13th Court of Appeals.
Judge Yañez received her LLM from the University of Virginia Law School, Juris Doctorate from Texas Southern University Law School and her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas Pan American.