Jill Willis
Republican · TX · Judge, 429th District Court, Collin County
Jill Willis has been judge of Collin County's 429th District Court since it opened in 2009. She earlier was a commercial litigator at Strasburger & Price, clerked for a federal judge, and holds degrees from Baylor and the University of Texas law school.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 1 record
Denied Derek Baker’s request on 2020-03-31 to block McKinney’s COVID-19 shelter-in-place ordinance. She ruled that state-law rules on conflicting county and mayor emergency declarations no longer applied. The city council had replaced the mayor’s declaration with an ordinance.
March 31, 2020
Source: texasscorecard.com
Track record — Impartiality
Impartiality · 1 favorable
Signed a countywide case-transfer policy on 2025-03-05 to promote public confidence in judicial impartiality. It required transferring cases involving the Collin County District Attorney’s office from her court and randomly reassigning them.
March 5, 2025Favorable on Impartiality
Source: topics.txcourts.gov
Past race Jill Willis ran in:
- Collin County District Judge, 429th Judicial District · November 3, 2026 · Collin County, Texas · incumbent