Ciara Parks
Democratic · TX · Associate Judge, City of Manor
Ciara Parks is a veteran attorney, Travis County juvenile-probation general counsel, and City of Manor associate judge. She emphasizes fair and compassionate justice, mental-health and substance-use support, restorative approaches, and family support.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 4 records
Won the Austin Bar Association's 2026 judicial preference poll for Travis County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1, published February 13, 2026. Lawyers who answered picked Parks 176 to 47 over Andrew Reginald Hairston, with 62 giving no answer.
February 13, 2026
Source: austinlawyeronline.com
Took the oath of office as associate judge of the Manor Municipal Court on March 19, 2025. The court administrator swore her in at a Manor City Council meeting.
March 19, 2025
Source: mccmeetingspublic.blob.core.usgovcloudapi.net
Presented the annual report on bar exam testing accommodations to the Texas Board of Law Examiners on November 17, 2023. The same minutes record that she put in place a new way of scheduling licensing hearings to give participants more information and more certainty, and that she chaired the national bar admissions group's diversity, equity, and inclusion committee.
November 17, 2023
Source: ble.texas.gov
Also on this bill
- January 14, 2022 · Gave the Texas Board of Law Examiners a rewritten set of hearing procedures on January 14, 2022, as the agency's general counsel. Hearings decide whether a person of questioned character and fitness may be licensed to practice law. She agreed to keep working with board subcommittees on the draft. (Favorable on Legal Competence)
Led the Austin Black Lawyers Association as its president when the group honored three Austin lawyers and judges at its 2023 Andrea Pair Bryant Legacy Luncheon.
August 7, 2023
Source: austinlawyeronline.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 favorable
Gave the Texas Board of Law Examiners a rewritten set of hearing procedures on January 14, 2022, as the agency's general counsel. Hearings decide whether a person of questioned character and fitness may be licensed to practice law. She agreed to keep working with board subcommittees on the draft.
January 14, 2022Favorable on Legal Competence
Source: ble.texas.gov
Also on this bill
- November 17, 2023 · Presented the annual report on bar exam testing accommodations to the Texas Board of Law Examiners on November 17, 2023. The same minutes record that she put in place a new way of scheduling licensing hearings to give participants more information and more certainty, and that she chaired the national bar admissions group's diversity, equity, and inclusion committee. (General)
Past race Ciara Parks ran in:
- Travis County Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 · November 3, 2026 · Travis County, Texas