About The Court
The Honorable Roy B. Ferguson
Judge Roy B. Ferguson presides over the 394th Judicial District Court, having been elected in 2012, 2016, and 2020. The District encompasses approx. 20,000 sq. miles (larger than nine states), and includes over 20% of the United States–Mexico border. It includes Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis and Presidio Counties, and holds court in Alpine, Van Horn, Sierra Blanca, Fort Davis and Marfa. CLICK HERE to take a photo-tour of these historic courthouses.
Judge Ferguson has the rare distinction of being a sitting district judge assigned by the Supreme Court to not one, but two Texas courts of appeals. He sat by assignment with the 8th Court of Appeals in El Paso for over nine years, and authoring numerous published opinions--all in addition to maintaining current dockets, serving as Local Administrative District Judge, and fulfilling his other administrative obligations. Click HERE to read his current Curriculum Vitae.
Judge Ferguson is a Commissioner on the Texas Children’s Commission, an executive member and Commissioner of the Texas Access to Justice Commission, and a trustee on the Texas Bar Foundation. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas Artificial Intelligence Task Force, Texas Supreme Court’s Judicial Committee on Information Technology, the SBOT Court Rules Committee, and the National Center for State Courts' Hybrid Hearings Focus Group. He currently serves on the governing boards of the Family Law Section and Computer & Technology Section, and previously served on the GPSOLO and Judicial Sections, Uniform Case Management System Study Group, Judicial Needs Assessment Committee, Remote Proceedings Task Force and Judicial Council Civil Justice Committee’s Advisory Council.
Judge Ferguson is a frequent educator of students, lawyers, civic associations, and judges around the world for the National Judicial College, TexasBarCLE, the Texas Center for the Judiciary, the American Bar Association, and ABOTA. He is a prolific author, and maintains a regular column in the ABA Young Lawyers Journal, "Let's Talk Lawyering." CLICK HERE to read some of Judge Ferguson's published articles. CLICK HERE to view photos of the Judge's high school outreach mock jury trials, including State of Texas vs. Harry Potter, State of Texas vs. Luke Skywalker, and State of Texas vs. Kylo Ren. To view selected professional articles and presentations by Judge Ferguson, click the button below.
And yes, this "Judge Roy Ferguson" is THAT "Judge Roy Ferguson" -- the judge in the world-famous #Lawyercat video that he released on Twitter, @JudgeFergusonTX. We hope it gave you a smile, and newfound respect for the efforts of Texas courts and lawyers to keep the justice system working during the Pandemic.