Hon. Robbie Partida-Kipness

Justice, Fifth District Court of Appeals

Justice Robbie Partida-Kipness is the granddaughter of Mexican immigrants and was born and raised in New Braunfels, Texas. She is a first-generation college and law school graduate and attended the Universities of Texas in Austin and San Antonio and received her law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1998. Prior to taking the bench, Justice Partida-Kipness spent 21 years championing the rights of individuals involved in personal injury, medical malpractice, and mass tort cases.

In 2018, Justice Partida-Kipness made history by becoming the first Hispanic to ever be elected to the Fifth District Court of Appeals which presides over Dallas, Collin, Hunt, Kaufman, Rockwall, and Grayson counties. It is the largest appellate court in the State of Texas and handles one of the largest caseloads of any of the intermediate courts of appeal.

In 2020, Justice Partida-Kipness was appointed to serve on the Supreme Court of Texas Children’s Commission and continues to serve as a commissioner. Child welfare is of great importance to her and she is honored to serve the State of Texas in this capacity. She also serves on the Children’s Commission Training Committee which works to create programs to educate jurists and practitioners in child welfare law.