McAllen lawyer named to judicial selection commission

David Oliveira of McAllen has been appointed to the Texas Commission on Judicial Selection, the Governor’s Office announced in a news release.

A member of the State Bar of Texas, Cameron County Bar Association and the Lone Star National Bank Advisory Board, Oliveira will assist in “evaluating the merits of alternative methods of judicial selection, to produce findings and recommendations for reform to the Legislature by December 31, 2020,” according to the news release.

Oliveira received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Texas – Austin and a Juris Doctor degree from Texas Tech University Law School.