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Judge Sonya Heath is the Administrative Judge of the Harris County Board of Family District Judges. She is also the presiding judge for the 310th Family District Court (taking the bench, January 1, 2019). A graduate of TSU’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Judge Heath was formerly a solo practitioner at The Law Office of Sonya Heath, focusing exclusively on family law matters. With almost 40 years in the legal industry, her particular emphasis has been on family, labor and employment, criminal and appellate law. Judge Heath previously worked for The Craig Washington Law Firm and at the First Court of Appeals as judicial intern. She was published in the 2010-2011 Edition of The Adelphia Law Journal of South Texas College of Law on Human Papillomavirus: Can the Legislature Mandate the Vaccine. Previously Judge Heath was Vice-Chair of the Young Lawyers Division of the American Bar Association’s Family Law Committee. During 2008-2009, she was Vice Chair, Employee Benefits General Committee, Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section of the ABA. She currently holds memberships with Burta Rhoades Raborn Family Law American Inn of Court, International Academy of Family Lawyers, Gulf Coast Family Law Specialists, Mexican American Bar Association, and Association of Women Lawyers.
