Brian Walker spent nearly a decade as a military lawyer in the Air Force Reserves, serving as a Judge Advocate (JAG) from 2010 to 2019 while also working civilian cases back home.
Walker is a Fort Worth-area attorney who spent 17 years practicing military, veterans', criminal, and civil law, starting as a prosecutor in the Harrison County District Attorney's office after passing the bar in 2004. He handled more than 75 jury trials and wrote over 100 appeals before being elected to the 2nd Court of Appeals, Place 7, where he has served since January 2021. He is running for re-election in 2026 and is unopposed on the ballot.
Judges aren't allowed to take sides on these values — it's against judicial ethics rules. The best clue to how a judge thinks is the party they run with.