This appointment is subject to senate confirmation.

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Jan. 05, 2007
Gov. Perry Appoints Banales As Presiding Judge of the Fifth Judicial Administrative District

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry has announced the appointment of J. Manuel Banales of Corpus Christi to serve as the presiding judge of the Fifth Judicial Administrative District. He will serve a term to expire four years from the date that he is sworn into office. The Fifth Judicial Administrative District serves Brooks, Cameron, Duval, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Kenedy, Kleberg, Nueces, Starr and Willacy counties.

Banales is currently judge of the 105th Judicial District Court that serves Nueces, Kleberg and Kenedy counties. He is a member of the judicial and Hispanic issues sections of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Center for the Judiciary, Inc., where he previously served on the board of directors. Banales is also a member of Tuloso Midway High School and Middle School Parent Teacher organizations and served as a past president of the South Texas Substance Abuse Recovery Services, Inc.

Banales earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at El Paso and his law degree from Bates College of Law at the University of Houston.

This appointment is subject to senate confirmation.