THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!!

It’s official! The Texas Secretary of State has posted the official election results, and I am incredibly grateful to have been elected to the 3rd Court of Appeals.  

I could never have done it without your amazing and generous support. Every day for the past year and a half, I was motivated to work as hard as I could to honor the trust and support you placed in me and in my campaign. 

It would be my incredible honor for you to join me at the formal swearing-in ceremony, which will take place in the 3rd Court courtroom on January 6, 2025, at 3:30 p.m.

The 3rd Court courtroom is located at 209 W. 14th St, Austin, TX, 78701, and is immediately east of the Capitol building. Parking is available on the street and at the Capitol visitor’s parking lot at 1201 San Jacinto Blvd. If you have any questions, please drop me a note at the ‘Contact Us’ link above, and I will get back with you asap.

I hope to see you there and to share this celebration with you. 

With immense gratitude,

Justice-elect Maggie Ellis

EXPERIENCE - COMPASSION - JUSTICE

I AM INCREDIBLY GRATEFUL TO BE ENDORSED BY THESE AMAZING ELECTED OFFICIALS, and NATIONAL, STATE, and LOCAL UNIONS, DEMOCRATIC CLUBS, and ORGANIZATIONS

  • Austin City Council Member Zo Qadri

  • AISD Trustee Arati Singh

  • ACC Trustee Julie Ann Nitsch

  • Manor ISD Trustee Ana Cortez

  • Travis County Constable Adan Ballesteros

  • Pflugerville City Council Member Jim McDonald

  • Williamson County Commissioner Terry Cook

  • Austin Firefighters Association

  • Austin Area Central Labor Council (representing 17 unions in Central Texas, including Education Austin, Austin EMS Association, National Association of Letter Carriers-NALC Branch 181, Central Texas Building Trades - CTBT, IBEW Local 520 ,UA Local 286 Plumbers & Pipefitters, Ironworkers Local Union No. 482, AFSCME Local 1624, IATSE Local 205, Young Active Labor Leaders - YALL in Austin, OPEIU Local 277, TSEU-CWA 6186)

  • Coalition of Democratic Allies (CODA)

  • Blue Horizon Texas

  • The University of Texas Democrats

  • Austin Young Democrats

  • College Democrats at Texas State University

  • Hays County Young Democrats

  • Texas College Democrats

  • HABLA y VOTA Action Fund

  • Dove Springs Proud (DSP)

  • Austin Stonewall Democrats

  • Austin Environmental Democrats

  • Circle C Area Democrats

  • Liberal Austin Democrats

  • Pflugerville Area Democrats

  • Northeast Travis County Democrats (NETCO)

  • West Campus Democrats

  • Williamson County Democratic Veterans

  • Williamson County Young Democrats

  • Wimberley Democrats

  • Victory Fund

  • AFSCME Local 1624 Recommendation

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ABOUT MAGGIE

·      She survived a childhood marked by poverty, transience, homelessness, and educational deprivation to become the only one of her eight siblings to graduate from college.

·      She was a teacher, a foster mother, a community volunteer, and put herself through law school, driving back and forth from Austin to Waco every day, as a mother with four teenagers.

·      As an administrative law judge, a prosecutor, and an attorney representing and defending individuals and families all over Central Texas, Maggie has extensive and relevant experience.

·      Maggie loves spending time with friends and family, especially her incredibly kind and supportive husband, her wonderful children, and her adorable little grandchildren.

 

COMMUNITY

·      Maggie will bring her experience of overcoming adversity, her hard work, her commitment to justice, and her compassion for others to the bench.

·      A proud and very active member of the Central Texas community for over thirty-five years, Maggie has been a Democratic Party Precinct Chair, Volunteer Deputy Voter Registrar, an Officer with the Capital Area Progressive Democrats and the Austin Environmental Democrats, a volunteer with Meals on Wheels, Mobile Loaves and Fishes, Helping Hand Home, Leander ISD (PTA President, Vice President, Zoning Board), volunteer Spanish and English teacher and mentor, AISD HOSTS Mentor, and legal volunteer and advocate through Volunteer Legal Services, Hays County Pro Bono Clinic, Raices, Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Travis County Child Welfare Board, the Supreme Court Children's Commission Child Welfare and Juvenile Law work groups, and she currently serves as Chair Elect of the State Bar Juvenile Law Section Board.

In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.

-Albert Einstein