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Justice Veronica Rivas-Molloy was elected to the First Court of Appeals in 2020.
October 15, 2024
Applications are currently being accepted for the Court's internship program. Interested applicants are invited to review the information below before submitting an application. Internships are unpaid, and applications are accepted throughout the year.
March 13, 2024
Every appendix and every original proceeding record that is e-filed with the Court must be text-searchable and contain electronic bookmarks that reasonably describe each included item. See Tex. R. App. P. 9.4(h), (j), (k). Additionally, every brief filed in an appeal and every petition filed in an original proceeding should also be text-searchable and bookmarked to assist the Court in locating each item.
December 29, 2023
For every civil case filed with the First Court of Appeals on or after September 1, 2023, the docketing statement required by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 32 must indicate whether the case is subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the new Fifteenth Court of Appeals, as specified by new Section 22.220(d) of the Texas Government Code.
July 06, 2023
The Court's latest opinions and orders are posted on this webpage every Tuesday and Thursday morning by 9 a.m. They are also posted on the Court's Twitter page: @1stCOA_Houston
