Nathan Hecht

Who is Nathan Hecht?

Nathan Lincoln Hecht is the Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court. A Republican from Dallas, Hecht was first elected to the Supreme Court in 1988 and was reelected to six-year terms in 1994, 2000, and 2006. He secured his fifth six-year term on November 6, 2012. He was appointed chief justice by Governor Rick Perry on September 10, 2013 and was sworn in by retiring Chief Justice Wallace B. Jefferson on October 1, 2013. Hecht will fill the unexpired term of Chief Justice Jefferson, which ends on December 31, 2014.