Blacklock is replacing retired Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, while Abbott's legal adviser James Sullivan takes the open spot on ...

Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday appointed one of his office's former lawyers to the Texas Supreme Court and another to replace the court's Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, who retired last month.

Greg Abbott appointed Texas Supreme Court Justice Jimmy Blacklock to be the court’s chief justice and named James Sullivan as a justice Monday. Blacklock succeeds Nathan Hecht, the state’s ...

Greg Abbott on Monday promoted Justice Jimmy ... Blacklock is replacing Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, 75, who retired Dec. 31 after reaching the state's mandatory judicial retirement age.

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) appointed Justice Jimmy Blacklock, a conservative ally of the governor, to serve as the chief justice on the Texas Supreme Court. Blacklock will replace Nathan Hecht ...

Blacklock will replace Nathan Hecht, the state court’s longest-serving justice, who stepped down from the post at the end of December due to the mandatory judicial retirement age. Abbott ...