Vonda Bailey
Democratic · TX · Judge, 255th Judicial District Court (Dallas County)
Vonda Bailey is a Dallas County family court judge, elected in 2022, who earlier ran a family law practice and worked as a Dallas County probation officer. She started extended-hours and walk-in dockets for people without lawyers and stresses applying the law fairly to everyone.
Where Vonda Bailey stands, based on their records
Supports
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties (1 record), Civil Rights (1 record)
Track record
Track record — Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties · 1 support
Published court rules requiring preferred pronouns and inclusion of all genders and sexual orientations. The rules provided requested interpreters for uncontested hearings for people unable to pay. They also provided case-by-case referrals to the county public defender.
April 29, 2025Supports Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties
Source: dallascounty.org
Track record — Civil Rights
Civil Rights · 1 support
Published court rules requiring preferred pronouns and inclusion of all genders and sexual orientations. The rules provided requested interpreters for uncontested hearings for people unable to pay. They also provided case-by-case referrals to the county public defender.
April 29, 2025Supports Civil Rights
Source: dallascounty.org
Track record — General
General · 10 records
Filed a defamation lawsuit against Dallas County Commissioner John Wiley Price over public claims about her work. She sought up to $1 million in damages.
January 21, 2026
Source: texaslawbook.net
Ordered her district and associate courts to step aside from every case involving attorney Michelle May O’Neil. The June 25, 2025 order applied until changed or rescinded.
June 25, 2025
Source: dallascounty.org
Presided over the Shepards’ divorce trial and confirmed the home as the husband’s separate property in the final decree. The appeals court dismissed the challenge for inadequate briefing.
February 21, 2025
Source: search.txcourts.gov
Established monthly evening court for people unable to leave work and monthly court sessions offering attorney-group help to people without lawyers.
July 2, 2024
Source: oakcliff.advocatemag.com
Created Support Court with Judge Vonda B to explain Texas child-support law through dramatized courtroom scenarios. The programme combined legal education and entertainment.
July 2, 2024
Source: oakcliff.advocatemag.com
Issued an order declaring documents signed by Lorna Bedard void in the 255th District Court until further order. The order covered hearing notices and emergency orders.
July 19, 2023
Source: dallascounty.org
Ended automatic referrals of child-protection cases to the Dallas County Child Protection and Permanency Court. Her May 23, 2023 order required individual signed referrals and left existing referrals in place unless removed.
May 23, 2023
Source: dallascounty.org
Co-founded the Bailey-Clarke Bar Scholarship for third-year law students’ bar-exam expenses. By February 2023, the programme had awarded more than $50,000.
February 1, 2023
Source: dallascollege.edu
Joined six other Dallas County family judges in a standing order protecting children, pets and property during family lawsuits. It restricted hiding children, threatening others and disposing of property, with stated exceptions.
January 4, 2023
Source: dallascounty.org
Donated $10,000 to Minnie’s Food Pantry at its April 3, 2018 fundraising gala in Frisco.
April 3, 2018
Source: tsu.edu
Past race Vonda Bailey ran in:
- District Judge, 255th Judicial District · November 3, 2026 · Dallas County, Texas · incumbent