Mailing Address: Tarrant County Justice Center, 401 W. Belknap, 5th Floor, Fort Worth, Texas 76196
Phone: 817-884-1558The State of Texas is divided into nine administrative judicial regions--our region is the Eighth and is composed of the following 16 counties: Archer, Clay, Cooke, Denton, Eastland, Erath, Hood, Jack, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Stephens, Tarrant, Wichita, Wise, and Young. (See Other Judicial Regions Link for the remaining regions and the counties they cover).
Judge Walker is the Presiding Judge of the Eighth Administrative Judicial Region, and as such, is involved with "administrative aspects" of the region and does not enter into the disciplinary arena. (SeeComplaints and/or Grievances Link for contacts.) One of Judge Walker's primary administrative duties is to see that the courts of the region have judges available to meet caseload demands. In this regard, he may, from time to time, assign judges to assist in courts where the regular judge of that court is sick, on vacation, or otherwise absent; or in cases where the regular judge must, under the rules, step aside. Occasionally, the regular judge of a court may request that the Presiding Judge assign a judge to assist with case backlog. He is also involved in the oversight of the Title IV-D child support enforcement courts.