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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