The Hon. Meca Walker is the 39th chair of the Texas Bar College Board of Directors. She is the 2nd African American to serve as chair. Her term began on July 15 and will end on the same day in 2021.
The Texas Bar College is an honorary society of lawyers, judges, and paralegals who are leaders in the Texas legal community and champions of legal education.
“It’s truly an honor to rise in the ranks of this wonderful organization, to become a member of the board and eventually the chair,” Judge Walker said in a news release about her service. “This is not a position that I take lightly and I am committed to continuing to serve our legal community in a way that will make my ancestors proud.”
Judge Walker is a full-time mediator and arbitrator for family law matters in Harris and contiguous counties. She received her bachelor’s degree from Clark Atlanta University in Georgia and her J.D. from Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C. She is a former associate judge of Texas’s 311th and 247th district courts.