Judge Caroline Baker Card
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EXPERIENCED • 12 years Civil District Court judge • Board Certified Personal InjuryTrial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization • Prior to the bench, Partner in respected litigation firm • Former Adjunct Professor at University of Houston Law Center RESPECTED • Winner 2010 Houston Bar Association Judicial Qualifications Poll by almost 5 to 1 over her opponent. • Consistently rated“Outstanding”in the HBA Polls Ratings. • Recognized by peers with election to the American Board ofTrial Advocates. • Nominated“Trial Judge of theYear” byTexas Association of CivilTrial and Appellate Specialists • Trial Judge of theYear, Houston Police Officers Union, Local 2 DEDICATED TO SERVICE • Member, Pattern Jury Charge Committee • Member, State Bar Jury Service Committee • Member, Ethics Committee, National Association ofWomen Judges • Chair-Elect Alternate Dispute Resolution Section, HBA • Immediate Past Chair, Leadership Houston • “Woman on the Move,”Texas Executive Women • Immediate Past President,Texas Association of CivilTrial and Appellate Specialists • Former Member, Committee on Judicial Ethics, State Bar ofTexas • Former Chair, Ethics Committee, Board of Civil Judges • Former Chair, Administration of Justice Committee, Board of District Judges Baker KEEP JUDGE CAROLINE ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 295 TH DISTRICT COURT
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EXPERIENCED• 12yearsCivilDistrictCourtjudge• BoardCertifiedPersonalInjuryTrialLaw,
TexasBoardofLegalSpecialization• Priortothebench,Partnerinrespected
litigationfirm• FormerAdjunctProfessoratUniversity
ofHoustonLawCenter
RESPECTED• Winner2010HoustonBarAssociation
JudicialQualificationsPollbyalmost5to1overheropponent.
• Consistentlyrated“Outstanding”intheHBAPollsRatings.
• RecognizedbypeerswithelectiontotheAmericanBoardofTrialAdvocates.
• Nominated“TrialJudgeoftheYear”byTexasAssociationofCivilTrialandAppellateSpecialists
• TrialJudgeoftheYear,HoustonPoliceOfficersUnion,Local2
DEDICATED TO SERVICE• Member,PatternJuryChargeCommittee• Member,StateBarJuryService
Committee• Member,EthicsCommittee,National
AssociationofWomenJudges• Chair-ElectAlternateDisputeResolution
Section,HBA• ImmediatePastChair,Leadership
Houston• “WomanontheMove,”TexasExecutive
Women• ImmediatePastPresident,Texas
AssociationofCivilTrialandAppellateSpecialists
• FormerMember,CommitteeonJudicialEthics,StateBarofTexas
• FormerChair,EthicsCommittee,BoardofCivilJudges
• FormerChair,AdministrationofJusticeCommittee,BoardofDistrictJudges
BakerKEEP JUDGE CAROLINE
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 295TH DISTRICT COURT
Afifth-generationTexan,CarolineBakerhasservedthecitizensofHarrisCountyasajudgefor12years.Priortothebench,shewasapartnerinthelitigationfirmofMcFall,Sherwood&Sheehy.
AgraduateofPrincetonUniversityandtheUniversityofTexasSchoolofLaw,sheisBoardCertifiedinPersonalInjuryTrialLawandwaselectedtomembershipintheAmericanBoardofTrialAdvocates,anhonoraryorganizationofplaintiffanddefenselawyers(aswellasjudges)dedicatedtothepreservationoftherighttotrialbyjury.JudgeBakeralsoisamediator,certifiedbytheAAWhiteDisputeResolutionCenter.
Stronglycommittedtoprofessionalservice,JudgeBakercurrentlyservesontwocommitteesoftheStateBarofTexasandhasservedasamemberoftheCommitteeonJudicialEthics.ShehaspreviouslyservedasChairoftheEthicsCommitteefortheBoardofCivilJudgesandChairoftheAdministrationofJusticeCommitteefortheBoardofDistrictJudges.ShealsoisamemberoftheEthicsCommitteefortheNationalAssociationofWomenJudges.SheservedasSecretaryandisnowtheChair-ElectoftheADRSectionoftheHoustonBarAssociation.ShehasbeenamemberandChairofaStateBarGrievanceCommittee.
JudgeBakeralsospendstimementoringaspiringlawyersthroughinternshipsinthecourtandjudgingmocktrialsandhearingsforHoustonlawschoolstudents.
JudgeBakerisagraduateofLeadershipHouston(whereshereceivedthePatriceJohnsonAlumnusAwardforLeadership),theAmericanLeadershipForum,andtheCenterforHouston’sFuture.ShehasbeenhonoredbyAspiringYouthwiththe“StarforGirls’Education”Award,andwasselectedbyTexasExecutiveWomenasa“WomanontheMove”andbyHoustonWomanmagazineasoneof“50MostInfluentialWomeninHouston.”
Equallycommittedtocommunityservice,sheservesand/orhasservedontheBoardofDirectorsofmanynon-profitorganizations,includingNeighborhoodCentersInc.,GirlsIncorporatedofGreaterHouston(FormerChair),LeadershipHouston(Im-mediatePastChair),theYMCA,andontheAdvisoryBoardsofTheChinquapinSchool,Career&RecoveryResources,Inc.andCityHallFellows.
Aboveall,JudgeBakerisdevotedtoherfamily.Sheandherhusband,BruceHurley,aretheproudparentsofthreechildren:GraceElizabeth(9),Emma(6)andBruce,III(5).SheisalifelongmemberofSt.Martin’sEpiscopalChurch.
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