April Farris Joins First Court of Appeals

Houston’s First Court of Appeals began the first work week of 2021 with six sitting women justices. We already knew two new justices, Veronica Rivas-Molloy and Amparo Guerra, would join the court after the 2020 election, but now there is a third: April Farris. 

Gov. Greg Abbott announced his appointment of Farris, who had been an appellate partner at Houston litigation boutique Yetter Coleman, just before the Christmas holiday. And last week, Farris officially swore her oath into public office. Farris was sworn in by Judge Jennifer Walker Elrod of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, whom Farris clerked for at the beginning of her career.