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About
Judge Culver
JUDGE THOMAS R.
CULVER, III
240TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
RESPECT AND JUSTICE FOR ALL
 EXPERIENCED
IN EVERY ASPECT OF THE LAW:
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Baylor University, B.B.A. (1971); Baylor University School of
Law, Juris Doctorate (1973)
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Fort Bend County private law practice: Civil, Criminal, Probate,
and Appellate - 3 years (1974 - 1977)
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Fort Bend County Assistant District Attorney: Prosecuting cases
in all trial level Fort Bend County courts (Justice of the
Peace, County Courts at Law, and District Courts) - 4 years
(1977 - 1981)
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Judge, Fort Bend County Court at Law: Presiding over thousands
of Criminal, Civil, Probate and Juvenile cases - 9 years (1981 -
1990)
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Judge, 240th Judicial District Court, Fort Bend County:
Presiding over thousands of significant Civil Cases and Felony
Criminal cases, including “Death Penalty” criminal cases - 20
years (1990 - present)
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Texas College of the Judiciary - 1981
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Inaugural Graduating Class - Advanced College of Judicial
Studies (both Criminal and Civil tracks) - Austin, Texas
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Member: Fort Bend County Bar Association and the State Bar of
Texas
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Licensed: Supreme Court of Texas - 1973
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Licenced : United States District Court for the Southern
District of Texas - 1978
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Licensed: United States 5th and 11th Federal Circuit Courts of
Appeals - 1981
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Licensed: United States Supreme Court - 1980
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As
Judge of the 240th District Court, appointed the first
Asian-Americans to the Fort Bend County Grand Jury.
PROVEN LEADER:
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Elected Local Administrative District Judge, Fort Bend County
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Elected Local Administrative Jury Assembly Room Judge, Fort Bend
County
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Texas Association of County Court at Law Judges
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Texas Association of District Judges
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American Judges Association
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Fort Bend County Juvenile Board, Former Chair and Member - 29
years (1981 - present)
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Fort Bend County Bail Bond Board
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Fort Bend County Purchasing Agent Board
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Judicial Liaison to the Fort Bend County Commissioners’ Court
for County Justice Center Capital Improvements
ACTIVE PARTICIPATE IN THE FORT BEND COUNTY COMMUNITY, INCLUDING:
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Resident of Richmond/Rosenberg - 37 years
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Previous Chair and Member of the Richmond State School Volunteer
Services Council
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Life Member - Fort Bend County Fair
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Richmond Rotary Club
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South Texas Children’s Home Ministries - Beeville, Texas - Board
Member, 9 years
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Adult Bible Study Teacher, Adult Choir Member, Deacon, and
Former Trustee - First Baptist Church, Rosenberg
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Republican Party of Fort Bend County, Texas
COMMITTED HUSBAND AND FATHER:
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Married to the former Jan Carden (Culver) of Richmond - 36
years, (Lamar Cons. High School and Baylor University Graduate -
BA 1973)
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Daughter, Courtney Culver Schaefer, (Graduate: Lamar Cons. High
School, Baylor University - B.A. 1999 and Baylor School of Law -
J.D. 2002) and Son-In-Law, Mark Schaefer, living in Houston,
Texas
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Son, Thomas R. Culver, IV, (Graduate: Lamar Cons. High School,
Baylor University - B.B.A. 2004 and The Commonwealth Institute
of Funeral Service -A.A.S. 2007) and Daughter-In-Law Kristen
Hanrahan Culver living in Richmond, Texas
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