Gov. Greg Abbott on Thursday appointed Brett Busby, a former justice on Houston’s Fourteenth Court of Appeals, to the Texas Supreme Court. Busby’s appointment fills the vacancy left by Justice Phil Johnson, who served on the court for 13 years before retiring in December.

Busby is a former U.S. Supreme Court clerk and former partner at then-Bracewell & Giuliani. The Republican jurist lost his seat on the appeals court to Democratic challenger Jerry Zimmerer in November when Democrats won every contested seat on four of Texas’ most influential intermediate appellate courts in Houston, Dallas and Austin.

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