Who Veronica is
Rivas-Molloy grew up on the Texas-Mexico border in El Paso and became a U.S. citizen while she was in law school.
About Veronica
Born in Mexico and raised in the El Paso-Juarez area, Rivas-Molloy put herself through the University of Houston Law Center, graduating magna cum laude, then spent 20 years as a business litigator at major law firms before winning her seat on the First Court of Appeals in 2020. She's the third Latina ever elected to that court and is now running for a second term.
Where they stand
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Also on the ballot for 1st Court of Appeals • Place 3
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Todd FrankfortFrankfort has spent more than 30 years as a Houston divorce lawyer, and he's the only candidate in this race who's board-certified in family law.
About Todd
Frankfort is a native Houstonian who has built his career handling messy marital property fights, custody battles, and child support cases in courtrooms across more than 10 Texas counties. He's now run for a seat on the state's First Court of Appeals, an intermediate appellate court that hears appeals out of Houston-area trial courts.