Amanda S. Matzke
Republican · TX · Judge, Brazos County Court at Law No. 1
Amanda S. Matzke has been judge of Brazos County Court at Law No. 1 since 2007 and was earlier a prosecutor in the Brazos County Attorney's Office. She holds degrees from Texas A&M University and Baylor Law School.
Track record
Track record — General
General · 2 records
Sent Brazos County commissioners a contract for a financial audit of the company that runs guardianship services for the county's two courts at law. Commissioners approved it unanimously.
February 25, 2025
Source: wtaw.com
Ordered former Texas A&M senior administrator Alexander Kemos to pay a $2,000 fine, the most the law allowed, in a misdemeanor case over false claims on his resume. She ordered no jail time.
November 10, 2010
Source: wtaw.com
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 2 unfavorable
Was reversed by a state appeals court after granting a 16-year-old's request to be treated as a legal adult (emancipation). The court ruled she wrongly denied his father a new trial, because the father shared custody and had not signed the request as state law requires.
April 29, 2021Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: search.txcourts.gov
Was reversed by a state appeals court in an estate case. In 2009 she voided her own 2007 order naming an estate's executor. The appeals court ruled she no longer had power to undo that order.
November 25, 2009Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: search.txcourts.gov
Past race Amanda S. Matzke ran in:
- Judge, County Court at Law No. 1 · November 3, 2026 · Brazos County, Texas · incumbent