Judge Roy Ferguson

Judge Roy Ferguson (2013-present) presides over a five-county court of general jurisdiction covering roughly 20,000 square miles and over 20% of the U.S.-Mexico border. He was the 32nd sitting district judge in Texas history to author a published appellate opinion, issued while sitting by assignment for nine years with the 8th Court of Appeals of Texas. Ferguson is a commissioner and Executive Committee member of the Texas Access to Justice Commission, a commissioner on the Texas Children’s Commission, and chair of the Child Welfare Standards of Representation Committee. He serves or served on the Texas Taskforce for Responsible Artificial Intelligence in the Law, Texas Supreme Court’s Judicial Committee on Information Technology, Uniform Case Management System Study Group, Judicial Needs Assessment Committee, the NCSC Hybrid Proceedings Task Force, and the Judicial Council Civil Justice Committee’s Advisory Council. He served as a committee chair on the Texas Remote Proceedings Task Force and was the keynote speaker at the launch of the Iowa Remote Proceedings Taskforce. 

Ferguson is active in State Bar of Texas leadership, serving as a member of the Court Rules Committee, council member of the Family Law Section, and an officer of the Computer and Technology Section and having previously served as a board member of the Judicial Section and as a council member of the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section. He is a trustee and sustaining life fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and a member of the Texas Bar College and the Champions of Justice Society. Ferguson is a frequent educational speaker to lawyers and judges for the National Judicial College, Texas Center for the Judiciary, American Bar Association, the American Board of Trial Advocates, and TexasBarCLE. He is a prolific writer, including authoring the “Let’s Talk Lawyering” column in the ABA Young Lawyers Magazine. Ferguson is one of the best-known judges on social media (X: @JudgeFergusonTX), which he uses to educate the public about the justice system in an uplifting, entertaining, and ethical way.