Nathan Hecht, the longest-serving member of the Texas Supreme Court, is retiring after a long career in law. He reflects on his journey from a New Mexico farm to the state's highest civil court.
Chief Justice Nathan Hecht , raised a farmer, didn’t expect to be a lawyer, let alone a member of the state’s highest civil court. Chief Justice Nathan Hecht listens as the Texas Supreme Court hears oral arguments on Senate Bill 14, a prohibition on gender affirming care for transgender minors, on Tuesday, Jan. 30, 2024 in Austin.
(Mikala Compton /Austin American-Statesman via AP)AUSTIN — Nathan Hecht — who grew up on his family’s grain farm in Clovis, a small New Mexican town just across the Texas border — will formally retire Tuesday as the Texas Supreme Court’s chief justice and longest-serving member. “We never had any lawyers in the family. Certainly no judges,” Hecht said. “I never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would even practice law — let alone be on the court, let alone be on here as long as I have.”Though he won reelection in November 2020 to a six-year term, state constitutional limits will prevent Hecht, 75, from serving beyond December.from 75 to 79. Hecht said he had nothing to do with that effort and likely would’ve retired next June, when the court delivers the term’s final rulings, had it passed.“It’s fine with me,” he said of retirement. “I expect to be active. I’m not going to sit anymore — I could sit back on the trial court, but I’m not going to do that.”Advertisement “Everybody has told me — everybody — don’t decide. Don’t even think about it,” Hecht said. “Don’t even think about it until you’re on the other side because it’ll look different and you need time to kind of see what’s out there.” He wants to keep working on causes he’s committed to, such as improving low-income people’s access to the courts. Chief Justice Nathan Hecht fields questions during a news conference on the Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act at the UNT Dallas College of Law on June 25, 202
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