District Judge, 282nd Judicial District
What does this office do?
- Deciding trials in the county
- Ruling on evidence and setting sentences in criminal cases
- Deciding family, probate, and civil disputes
Affects: Public Safety and Crime Control, Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties, Housing Affordability,
Candidates:
Democratic
Alison Grinter Allen is a board-certified criminal lawyer with 20 years of practice in Dallas County, a former county public defender, and a past member of the Dallas police oversight board. She has kept a free civil rights caseload on voting rights, protest rights, and humane jail conditions.
Records: Criminal Justice and Civil Liberties 3 for, Civil Rights 1 for
Sources: dallascountyvotes.org2