AUSTIN – Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Sid Harle as presiding judge of the Fourth Administrative Judicial Region for a term set to expire four years from the date of qualification.
Sid Harle of San Antonio is judge of the 226th Judicial District Court in Bexar County, serving over 29 years. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, including its Criminal Section and Judicial Section, National Forensic Science Commission and Judicial Branch Certification Board and a board member of the Texas Criminal Justice Integrity Unit. He is the former chair of the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and the Texas Court Reporters Certification Board and former member of the Business Criminal Council Board and San Antonio Bar Association Board of Directors. Additionally, he is a volunteer for the San Antonio ISD and Northside ISD Mentoring Program and a founding board member of Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) and Gang Resistance Education and Training (G.R.E.A.T.). Harle received a Bachelor of Arts from The University of Texas at Austin and a Juris Doctor from St. Mary’s University School of Law.
