Third Court of Appeals, Place 2 Justice Edward Smith is running for a second term on the court and faces two challengers in the Democratic primary–appellate and trial attorney Melissa Lorber and Maggie Ellis, a former school teacher who is now a solo practitioner.
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Ellis earned her juris doctor in 2010 at Baylor University. She has worked as an administrative law judge and as a prosecutor. Her private practice is in the area of public, criminal, family, labor-employment, juvenile, school and LGBT law. For more information, visit the Ellis campaign website.