Attorney in private practice; former justice, Fourteenth Court of Appeals

Jerry Zimmerer served as a justice on the Fourteenth Court of Appeals in Houston from 2019 through 2024³. He has also worked in private practice and, from 2003 to 2015, as a project manager and network engineer at AT&T Mobility³. He is the Democratic nominee for Chief Justice of the Fifteenth Court of Appeals against Republican incumbent Scott Brister¹².

• Justice, Fourteenth Court of Appeals (Houston), Place 3, 2019 through 2024³⁴
• Private practice, Zimmerer & Associates, focused on cyber security, health and commercial arbitration³
• Senior project manager and network technical engineer, AT&T Mobility, 2003 to 2015³
• Law degree, South Texas College of Law Houston, 1984³
• Elected to the Fourteenth Court of Appeals, Place 3, in 2018, defeating then-Justice Brett Busby, 51.2 to 48.8 percent⁴. Lost the 2020 Democratic primary for Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas to Amy Clark Meachum⁴. Lost the 2024 Democratic primary runoff for his Fourteenth Court seat to Velda Faulkner, 58.5 to 41.5 percent, and left office December 31, 2024⁴. Unopposed in the 2026 Democratic primary².
• Bar poll: State Bar of Texas 2026 Judicial Poll (non-binding preference poll of bar members, taken before the March 3 primary): Scott Brister 1,957 votes, Jerry Zimmerer 1,594⁵⁶.