Eva Guzman

Eva Martinez Guzman (born January 12, 1961) is an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as a Republican member of the Texas Supreme Court from 2009 to 2021. Justice Guzman is a Shareholder at Chamberlain Hrdlicka in the Houston and San Antonio, Texas offices. Guzman was initially appointed to the court by then-Governor Rick Perry in 2009 to fill the seat vacated by Justice Scott Brister, who had resigned with more than a year left in his term. In a June 7, 2021 letter to Governor Greg Abbott, Guzman announced her resignation effective by the end of the week. Guzman later announced a challenge to incumbent Attorney General Ken Paxton in the 2022 GOP primary. Early life and education Guzman is one of seven children of Mexican immigrant parents. Born in Chicago, she was raised in Houston, where she graduated from the predominantly Hispanic Stephen F. Austin High School in 1979.