Justice Paul Green was elected to the Supreme Court of Texas in 2004. He previously served for 10 years as a justice on the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio.

A native of San Antonio, Green received his business degree from the University of Texas at Austin in 1974 and his law degree from St. Maryís University School of Law in 1977. After law school, Green, a third-generation lawyer, joined his father in a mid-sized litigation practice and remained there 17 years until he was elected to the Court of Appeals in 1994.

As a lawyer Green served as president of the San Antonio Bar Association, director of the State Bar of Texas, and as a member of the House of Delegates of the American Bar Association. He is a member of the American Law Institute and the American Judicature Society, and is also a Life Fellow of the Austin, San Antonio, Texas and American Bar Foundations. Green has been honored by St. Maryís University Law School as a distinguished law graduate and as a recipient of the ìRosewood Gavel Awardî for achievement in the judiciary.

His term expires at the end of 2010.