Lee Harris

- In Texas, appeals from district and county courts, except death penalty cases, go to one of 14 intermediate courts of appeal.
- There are a total of 80 appellate court seats, distributed variably among the courts based on population across the 14 districts.
- Courts with more than three justices decide cases in rotating panels of three.
- Justices are elected in partisan elections for six-year terms.
- The yearly salary for a Court of Appeals justice in Texas is between $192,500 and $255,050 based on the total number of years they have served.

Hears appeals on orders and decisions made by lower trial courts.

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Lee Harris has a bachelor 27s degree in agriculture from Stephen F. Austin State University and a law degree from Baylor Law School. He and his wife, Holly, live near Peoria, Texas. They have two daughters and two grandsons. He is a deacon at Peoria Baptist Church.

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Lee is a judge. He previously served as a trial judge in Hill County. He also teaches law courses at Baylor Law School.

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Lee is currently a judge for Place 2 of the Texas Tenth District Court of Appeals. He was appointed in January 2025. Before that, he served as a judge of the 66th Judicial District Court in Hill County from 2015 to 2025 and as the first judge of the Hill County Court at Law from 2005 to 2014.

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Served as a state district judge for 8 years and as a county court-at-law judge for 9 years.

As of January 22, 2026, Lee Harris’s website did not contain information on this issue.