James D. Squier

James D. "Jim" Squier (born July 18, 1946) (jurist) formerly presided as Judge over the 312th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the nation's third most populous county, encompassing the city of Houston.
Born in Chicago, Illinois July 18, 1946, Squier, whose family moved to Houston in 1949, attended Garden Villas Elementary and Jesse H. Jones High School. Squier earned from the University of Houston, a Bachelor of Science in 1968. While a teacher and coach in the Pasadena, Texas school district, Squier earned a Juris Doctor from the University of Houston and conducted a private practice from 1974 to 1987.
He currently sits as a visiting judge in Harris, Fort Bend, Grimes, Montgomery and Brazoria counties as a Senior District Judge.
Judicial career
Squier was appointed in 1987 as Associate Judge of the 312th District Court and in 1994, was elected as presiding judge of that court, where he served following reelection in 1998, 2002, and 2006.
Members of the Houston Bar Association selected Squier as the highest rated of Harris County's 59 district judges in the 1998 Judicial Opinion poll. He was chosen 2002 Family Judge of the Year by the Houston Police Officers Union, and the 2004 Outstanding Civil Judge of the Year. Judge Squier was chosen by the family judges in 1995 as the administrative judge of the family trial division wherein he served until 2004 as the spokesperson with other county agencies on behalf of the family courts.
In 2008, Squier ran unsuccessfully for the Republican nomination in Texas's 22nd congressional district encompassing parts of Fort Bend, Harris, Galveston, and Brazoria counties. He finished 8th out of 10 candidates, with 1.76% of the vote.

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