Nancy Kennedy at a glance
- Current role
- Court of Appeals Justice
- Court
- Texas 5th Court of Appeals
- Jurisdiction
- Texas · State
- Judicial service
- Active
Nancy Kennedy
Court of Appeals Justice · Texas 5th Court of Appeals
Available research
AI abuse cases
1 caseAI-related ruling · June 12, 2025
Rochon Eidsvig & Rochon Hafer v. JGB Collateral
- Court response
- 8 mandatory hours of Continuous Legal Education on ethics and AI
Biography
Professional career
- Practitioner, Mills & Williams, LLP, Dallas, TX, 2013-2016
- Owner, Law Office of Nancy Kennedy, 2005-2016
- Assistant District Attorney, Collin County District Attorney's Office, TX, 2004-2005
- Assistant County Attorney, Hunt County Attorney's Office, 2001-2004
Judicial service
- Presiding Judge, Texas Criminal District Court, No. 2, Dallas City, Dallas, TX, 2017-present
Education
- Sam Houston State University · Political Science, 1997
- Southern Methodist University · JD, 2001
Courtroom rules and guidance
Appellate Electronic Filing
In Texas appellate courts, attorneys must electronically file civil and criminal documents, subject to a good-cause motion; self-represented parties may e-file but are not required to do so.
Attorneys in civil cases must electronically file documents. Attorneys in criminal cases must electronically file documents except for good cause shown in a motion filed in the appellate court.Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.2, Electronic Filing ↗
Sources
Texas Judicial Branch official judicial roster
Identity source · HTML · checked July 27, 2026
https://www.txcourts.gov/5thcoa/about-the-court/justices/justice-nancy-kennedy/CourtListener judicial biographical directory
Identity source · HTML · checked August 3, 2026
https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15770/nancy-e-kennedy/Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, Rule 9.2, Electronic Filing
Judge research source · PDF · checked July 26, 2026
https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1461885/texas-rules-of-appellate-procedure.pdf