John C. Ginn
Republican · TX · Hopkins County Court at Law Judge
John C. Ginn is the Republican judge of the Hopkins County Court at Law. The court handles family, civil, misdemeanor, probate, guardianship, and mental-health matters.
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Track record
Track record — General
General · 6 records
Received an order on January 2, 2026 from the presiding judge of Texas's Tenth Administrative Judicial Region assigning him to also hear cases in the 8th and 62nd District Courts of Hopkins County. The assignment runs through December 31, 2026. The same order assigned the two district judges to sit in his County Court at Law.
January 2, 2026
Source: hopkinscountytx.org · researched September 7, 2026
Granted a new trial on July 9, 2025 in a Hopkins County child case, trial court number CV41292. The new trial canceled his own June 10, 2025 order on community supervision and started that part of the case over. Because he granted it, the Sixth Court of Appeals dismissed the appeal of his order on July 29, 2025 for lack of power to hear it.
July 9, 2025
Source: search.txcourts.gov · researched September 7, 2026
Signed a standing order covering every Hopkins County family law case, effective January 2, 2024. The order automatically bars parents in a divorce or custody case from taking a child out of Texas, hiding a child, or selling off or hiding money and property while the case is open. He signed it with the county's two district judges, and the district clerk filed it on February 27, 2024.
January 2, 2024
Source: hopkinscountytx.org · researched September 7, 2026
Won appointment as Hopkins County Court at Law judge on December 22, 2023. The county commissioners picked him over several other applicants to replace Judge Clay Harrison, who left the bench for private law practice. County Judge Robert Newsom said the court found Ginn the best person for the job.
December 22, 2023
Source: ksstradio.com · researched September 7, 2026
Served as appeal lawyer for Edward Lewis Von Hohn II in a Gregg County divorce and child custody case. On July 23, 2008 the Twelfth Court of Appeals upheld part of the trial court's decision, reversed another part, and sent that part back for more work.
July 23, 2008
Source: search.txcourts.gov · researched September 7, 2026
Served as appeal lawyer for David Cernat and Joseph Ciupitu in their car injury case against Pilgrim's Pride Corporation and driver David Franklin Sharp Jr. The case started in the 62nd District Court in Hopkins County. On October 20, 2006 the Sixth Court of Appeals changed part of the judgment and upheld the rest. The Texas Supreme Court turned down the losing side's request for review on February 2, 2007.
October 20, 2006
Source: search.txcourts.gov · researched September 7, 2026
Race John C. Ginn is in:
- Hopkins County Court at Law Judge · November 3, 2026 · Hopkins County, Texas · incumbent
Profile last researched September 4, 2026.