Christina is a justice of the peace for Dallas County.

Christina Whitfield-Sowells is an entrepreneur and a civil mediator. She is also a wedding officiant, notary public, and certified notary signing agent.

Christina is a paralegal. Her sister, KaTina Whitfield, is currently a Dallas County Justice of the Peace.

Christina previously served as a visiting Justice of the Peace in Dallas County. 

As a paralegal, researches and drafts legal documents, organizes court filings, and maintains information on the status and deadlines of ongoing cases, with experience in business, immigration, corporate start-ups, personal injury, and insurance defense.

- As a paralegal, researches and drafts legal documents, organizes court filings, and maintains information on the status and deadlines of ongoing cases, with experience in business, immigration, corporate start-ups, personal injury, and insurance defense.

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Strives to resolve disputes efficiently and effectively.

Prioritizes keeping the courtroom accessible, transparent, and community focused.

- Strives to resolve disputes efficiently and effectively.
- Prioritizes keeping the courtroom accessible, transparent, and community focused.

Judicial Administration

Believes in fair and impartial decisions based on law and equity.

Believes in treating with dignity and respect, regardless of background.

- Believes in fair and impartial decisions based on law and equity.
- Believes in treating with dignity and respect, regardless of background.

Judicial Philosophy

As of January 22, 2026, Christina Whitfield-Sowells’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Ethics & Conduct

Led campaigns to feed the homeless, distributed masks to communities during COVID, and advocated for youth through the Anti-Bullying Teen Rough-Ing organization.

- Led campaigns to feed the homeless, distributed masks to communities during COVID, and advocated for youth through the Anti-Bullying Teen Rough-Ing organization.

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Christina Whitfield-Sowells

Christina is an entrepreneur and a civil mediator. She is also a wedding officiant, notary public, and certified notary signing agent.

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Distributes surgical face masks in front of grocery stores in Mesquite and Garland four mornings a week.

Margaret O'Brien has a graduate certificate in dispute resolution and mediation from Southern Methodist University. She and her husband have two children together.

Margaret O'Brien has a bachelor's degree in chemistry from Stefon F. Austin State University, a master's in health sciences from UTHealth Houston, and a graduate certificate in dispute resolution and mediation from Southern Methodist University. She has a husband and two children.

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Margaret has worked in real estate for over 21 years.

Margaret is currently a Dallas County Justice of the Peace for Precinct 2, Place 1. She was first elected to this position in 2018 and re-elected in 2022.

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As a justice court judge, she oversees cases involving minor criminal offenses and low-value civil suits, administers oaths to public officials, handles requests for orders of protection against harassment, and performs marriage ceremonies.

- As a justice court judge, she oversees cases involving minor criminal offenses and low-value civil suits, administers oaths to public officials, handles requests for orders of protection against harassment, and performs marriage ceremonies.

Provides resources for legal assistance, representation, and financial assurances for renters.

- Provides resources for legal assistance, representation, and financial assurances for renters.
- Supports issuing mental health warrants.

Claims to be a judge who "upholds the law and fairness by ensuring everyone is given their chance in the courtroom."

- Claims to be a judge who "upholds the law and fairness by ensuring everyone is given their chance in the courtroom."

As of January 22, 2026, Margaret O'Brien’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Active community volunteer and supporter, involved with organizations such as the Garland NAACP, Dallas Habitat for Humanity, Rowlett Crisis Assistance Program, and Cali Saigon Mall.

Involved with organizations such as the Garland NAACP, Dallas Habitat for Humanity, Rowlett Crisis Assistance Program, and Cali Saigon Mall.

- Involved with organizations such as the Garland NAACP, Dallas Habitat for Humanity, Rowlett Crisis Assistance Program, and Cali Saigon Mall.

Margaret O'Brien

Has over twenty years of experience as a small business owner and earned a Graduate Certificate in Dispute Resolution/Mediation from SMU.

- Justices of the Peace oversee Justice Courts, trial courts for civil cases up to $20,000, and misdemeanor cases punishable only by fine. They also perform marriages, issue warrants, conduct preliminary hearings, and serve as notaries.
- Texas has 835 Justice Courts, each presided over by a single judge. Every county has between one and eight precincts based on the county's population, each with its own Justice Court.
- Justices of the Peace are elected through partisan, precinct-wide election to four-year terms. 
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, have been a Texas resident for at least 12 consecutive months, a district resident for at least six consecutive months, and registered to vote in that precinct.
- The annual salary for Justices of the Peace ranges from $19,207 to $151,805 and is by the county's Commissioners Court.


Presides over civil cases and fine-only misdemeanor cases.

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