Meyer spent 25 years as a Houston firefighter and a registered nurse before he ever went to law school — and he's running against one of the three unelected judges Abbott installed on the new court.
He has practiced since 2009 and is board certified in administrative law, mostly defending doctors and nurses before their licensing boards. He chaired the Montgomery County Democratic Party from 2015 to 2020 and lives in Montgomery, north of Houston.
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.