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Aiesha Redmond

Democratic · TX · Judge, 160th District Court, Dallas County

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Aiesha Redmond is a Dallas County civil district judge and a former county prosecutor and Baker Botts business litigator; a trial lawyers' group named her 2025 Trial Judge of the Year. She stresses an efficient court with no case backlog where both sides are heard with respect.

Track record

Track record — General

General · 8 records
  • Signed a joint court order on 2026-03-02 setting a deadline for requests to decide claims without trial. It required filing at least 90 days before trial unless the court granted permission. The rule also applied after trial dates changed and required denial of unauthorized late requests.

    March 2, 2026

    Source: dallascounty.org

  • Denied Jerry Jones's request to end the sexual-assault lawsuit against him without trial on 2025-10-02. The ruling allowed the case to continue. It did not decide whether the alleged assault occurred.

    October 2, 2025

    Source: dallasnews.com

  • Appointed a court-supervised manager for entities connected to the Bellevue at Spring Creek apartment property on 2024-11-01. She later approved a property sale. The appeals court dismissed the receivership challenge as untimely on 2026-04-13. The official docket checked on 2026-10-15 showed a request for Texas Supreme Court review awaiting decision.

    November 1, 2024

    Source: cases.justia.com

  • Had her dismissal of Kamilah Todd's Southern Methodist University lawsuit vacated under a settlement on 2024-09-13. She had dismissed the academic and internal-review claims in 2021, and the appeals court partly reversed in November 2022. The Texas Supreme Court vacated both judgments without deciding the merits. It returned the case for judgment under the parties' agreement.

    September 13, 2024

    Source: search.txcourts.gov

  • Temporarily blocked warehouse construction near Friendship-West Baptist Church on 2024-02-20. In a signed joint paid notice published on 2024-03-06, the church and developer reported a resolution. They said the permit application had been withdrawn and all litigation dismissed.

    February 20, 2024

    Source: fox4news.com

  • Entered a commercial-rent judgment on 2020-10-21. It awarded the landlord $364,066.69 in rent, $611,605 in trial legal fees and $70,000 in possible appeal fees. The appeals court upheld the rent and trial fees in March 2022. It required a new decision on appeal fees because the supporting evidence was insufficient. The Texas Supreme Court denied review in September 2022.

    October 21, 2020

    Source: cases.justia.com

  • Signed a joint emergency court order on 2020-03-27 that paused civil jury trials until May 8. It allowed remote hearings and depositions during the COVID-19 emergency. Members of the public gained access to remote proceedings through court coordinators.

    March 27, 2020

    Source: dallascounty.org

  • Won election to Dallas County's 160th District Court on 2018-11-06. She received 481,684 votes in the unopposed general election.

    November 6, 2018

    Source: elections.sos.state.tx.us

Track record — Legal Competence

Legal Competence · 4 favorable · 5 unfavorable
  • Restricted a former Med-Tech manager's competing work and customer contacts through an injunction modified on 2026-01-29. The appeals court dissolved it on 2026-03-11. It found missing required details about prohibited contacts and harm that money could not repair. The case returned for further proceedings, and the court's formal directive issued on 2026-05-14.

    January 29, 2026Unfavorable on Legal Competence

    Source: cases.justia.com

  • Had her dismissal of the Southwest Airlines pilots union's Boeing claims partly reversed in an appellate judgment upheld on 2025-06-20. The union's own claims over 737 MAX grounding losses returned to trial court. Member claims remained dismissed, with permission to pursue them in a separate lawsuit. The United States Supreme Court denied Boeing's review request on 2026-02-23.

    June 20, 2025Unfavorable on Legal Competence

    Source: search.txcourts.gov

  • Dismissed the Jane Doe lawsuit against Jerry Jones for defects in the complaint on 2022-02-01. The appeals court reversed on 2023-02-27. It found a good-faith attempt to correct the complaint and required another opportunity to amend it. The Texas Supreme Court denied review on 2023-09-01.

    February 1, 2022Unfavorable on Legal Competence

    Source: cases.justia.com

  • Denied a request on 2021-07-02 to send the Themesoft employment dispute to arbitration, a private process outside court. The appeals court affirmed on 2022-03-24. It found that extensive litigation and delay had surrendered the defendant's right to arbitration. The Texas Supreme Court denied review in September 2022.

    July 2, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: cases.justia.com

  • Had her denial of medical-billing discovery set aside by the Texas Supreme Court on 2021-05-28. In K&L Auto Crushers, it required reconsideration of narrowed requests for providers' billing rates and costs, with appropriate limits. A related challenge ended in April 2022 after the trial court granted the requested relief.

    May 28, 2021Unfavorable on Legal Competence

    Source: search.txcourts.gov

  • Granted judgment for Texstars on 2021-05-11 in a former executive's claim for an additional employment bonus. The appeals court affirmed on 2022-12-29. It found that the employment agreement left the bonus to the company's discretion.

    May 11, 2021Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: search.txcourts.gov

  • Had her decision allowing a Florida businessman to be sued in Texas affirmed on 2020-08-18. In Peter v. Stern, the appeals majority found sufficient evidence that his agents' Texas investment contacts supported jurisdiction. One judge dissented, finding no evidence of the required Texas contacts. The Texas Supreme Court denied review in March 2021.

    August 18, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: law.justia.com

  • Denied a request to move the Stephens mineral-rights lawsuit to Reagan County on 2020-08-03. The appeals court ordered her to reverse that decision on 2021-05-12. It found that the property dispute legally belonged in Reagan County. Her later orders reversed the denial and transferred the case there.

    August 3, 2020Unfavorable on Legal Competence

    Source: cases.justia.com

  • Entered judgment for Turbo Restaurants on 2020-03-04 after a jury rejected Garen Wyatt's injury claim involving a restaurant booth. The appeals court affirmed on 2022-08-31. It rejected challenges to evidence rulings, jury instructions and handling of closing arguments.

    March 4, 2020Favorable on Legal Competence

    Source: search.txcourts.gov

Track record — Candidate Ethics

Candidate Ethics · 1 record
  • Received a reduced $500 campaign-report late-filing penalty on 2018-06-27. The Texas Ethics Commission reduced the assessed $1,100 penalty for her corrected pre-election report due 2018-02-26.

    June 27, 2018

    Source: ethics.state.tx.us

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