Elma Salinas Ender
Elma Salinas Ender | |
|---|---|
| Judge of the 341st Judicial District of Texas | |
| In office August 31, 1983 – December 31, 2012 | |
| Appointed by | Mark White |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Beckie Palomo |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Elma Teresa Salinas August 11, 1953 Laredo, Texas, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse |
David Allen Ender (m. 1986) |
| Children | 2 |
| Residence(s) | Laredo, Texas, U.S. |
| Education | J. W. Nixon High School University of Texas at Austin St. Mary's University School of Law |
| Ender is the first Hispanic woman to serve as a judge on a state district court in Texas. | |
Elma Teresa Ender (née Salinas; born August 11, 1953) is an American attorney, who was the youngest woman and the first Hispanic female to serve as a state district court judge in the U.S. state of Texas.
In 1983, she was appointed by then Governor Mark Wells White as the first judge of the then newly established 341st Judicial District, based in her native Laredo. Salinas served for twenty-nine years in the judicial position prior to her retirement, announced in 2011 and effective on December 31, 2012. She set a record for longevity among the four Webb County justices serving in recent decades on the state courts, Districts 49, 111, 341, and 406, numbered in order of creation by the Texas Legislature.