Jesse McClure III is a judge on the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals, the third African American judge on the court in Texas history. Prior, he presided over the 339th Criminal District Court in Harris County, Texas. He graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and received his law degree from the University of Texas. He has practiced with a private firm, served as Assistant District Attorney in Terrant County, Texas, and was a special prosecutor for the Texas Department of Insurance. He and his wife Katie have three children.
