Cesar Garcia was first elected in 2022, after unseating an incumbent in the Democratic primary. He graduated from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2006 worked in private practice. He faces two Democratic primary challengers this year.
Hear from the candidate
1. Please tell voters about yourself.
I’m 47 years old. I live in San Antonio and before I became a judge, my community involvement included being a board member of the Rape Crisis Center of San Antonio, and San Antonio Youth Literacy, where I was also a Reading Buddy for 2nd graders. I was also on my neighborhood’s Feral Cat Committee.
2. Describe your educational background.
I went to University of Texas at Austin for my undergraduate degree (BA Biology), then I went to Southwest Texas State University for my Master’s in Business Administration. After graduate school, I went to St. Mary’s Law School.
3. Describe your professional experience, what type of law you’ve practiced and noteworthy accomplishments.
My first job out of law school was at the Law Offices of Wayne Wright, LLP, where I did Workers’ Compensation and Personal Injury cases. I did that for five years then left to open my own law firm. After being a solo practitioner for 8 years, I got a job at Texas Health and Human Services as an Enforcement Attorney for three years then I ran for judge and won. I’m currently serving my third year as a judge.
4. Philosophically, how do you balance the public’s desire for restitution in all types of crimes, while also providing a productive path forward for offenders who don’t pose a danger to the public?
County Court 10 is a civil court, not a criminal court.
5. Why are you seeking this office, and why did you decide to be a candidate in the political party you chose?
I’d like to continue the good work I’ve been able to do for the past three years. I’ve been able to clear the backlog from COVID, go paperless, establish a library of forms for self represented litigants to use. I also created three additional new dockets for more case adjudications. One of these dockets is a dismissal docket for old, stale cases. Most of the cases on this docket are old debt collection cases and eviction cases.
