Texas Finalizes Business Court Judges With Houston Selections

Texas’ new business courts are finalized, with Gov. Greg Abbott (R) on Friday filling the Houston division with Grant Dorfman, deputy first assistant to state Attorney General Ken Paxton (R), and Sofia Adrogué, a partner with Diamond McCarthy LLP.

The announcements cap a flurry of activity from the governor’s announcement this week. Abbott tapped 10 judges to the business courts, two each in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, San Antonio, and Houston. He also sent three justices to a new appeals court in Austin that will handle appeals arising from the business courts.

The state legislature at Abbott’s urging created the ...