Greetings!

My name is Frank Powell Pierce, and I serve as an Associate Judge for the 2nd Administrative Judicial Region of Texas. I am proud to serve the residents of Harris County.

With over thirty (30) years of experience in the legal profession, I have learned (through my long-term experience in the judiciary) how to meet and exceed challenging expectations from both litigants and lawyers by providing fair and impartial rulings.

I have assisted other jurists and presided over many cases throughout my career. I understand (from experience) that acquiring and maintaining integrity as well as character is of the utmost importance.

I am inspired by the words of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes: I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand … as in what direction we are moving … to reach the port of heaven … we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it … but we must sail … and not drift … nor lie at anchor.

For more information, please take review my background, experience and qualifications by clicking on the tabs below.

Professional Experience

• 11 Years Judicial Experience
• 30 Years in Legal Profession
• Former State Judge
• Former Assistant Attorney General
• Former Assistant City Attorney
• Private Law Practice
• Staff Attorney Bexar County Legal Aid Association

Civic Experience

• Former City Council Member
• Adjunct Law Professor: South Texas College of Law
• Former Board Member: Houston Drug & Alcohol Council Harris County
• Former Harris County Juvenile Probation Department Advisory Board Member
• National Fatherhood Council
• Founded the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Foundation in San Antonio, Texas (raised scholorship money for deserving students in memory of the slain civil rights leader)
• Member - Republican Leadership Council

• Licensed in Federal Courts
• United States Supreme Court
• Federal Southern District of Texas
• Federal Western District of Texas
• State Bar of Texas
• Houston Bar Association
• American Bar Association
 

Honors

• Who's Who in American Law
• Who's Who in America
• Father of the Year
• Department of Labor Urban Institute Award for Non-Custodial Parent Job Referral Project

Education

• BS - University of Houston
• JD - Thurgood Marshall School of Law