FORT BEND COUNTY, TX – On November 10, 2015, Fort Bend County Commissioners Court unanimously named Toni Rencher Wallace as the interim judge of the newly created County Court at Law #5 effective January 1, 2016. With a Doctorate of Jurisprudence from the South Texas School of Law, Ms. Wallace is a practicing attorney and currently employed with the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s office. Due to growth in Fort Bend County and at the request of the current Fort Bend County judicial body, the State Legislature established County Court at Law #5 in the 84th legislative session. The position will be open for public candidacy in the 2016 general election and Ms. Wallace has agreed to fill the position until the time a new is elected . Judge Hebert said “ Ms. Wallace is very well qualified for the bench and I look forward to swearing her into office on January 1, 2016.”
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