Achievements
Professional Background
2007-Present
Judge, 148th District Court
1995-2006
Judge, Nueces County Court at Law 3
1984-1994
Marisela Saldana, Attorney at Law, Solo practice
1976-1981
Administrative Assistant, City of Corpus Christi
1972-1975
Manager, Bay Area Plumbing Company
1968-1972
Adoption Worker, Texas Department of Health and Human Services
Education
Texas College for Judicial Studies, Graduate, May, 2005
University of Texas School of Law. J.D., 1983
Mary Hardin-Baylor College. B.A., Sociology, 1968
W.B. Ray High School. Diploma, 1964
Licensed By
Licensed by: State Bar of Texas
Formerly Licensed by:
United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas
United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas
Professional Organizations
State Bar of Texas
Corpus Christi Bar Association: Board of Directors
Texas Association of District Court Judges
Professional Activites
Coastal Bend Women Lawyers Association:
Member-Board of Directors, Co-Founder & Former President
Corpus Christi Bar Association:
Member-Board of Directors, Chair-Law Day Committee
Director-Region 11 (Tx, Okla, Ark):
National Association of Women Judges
National Association of Women Judges:
Director-Region 11 (TX, OK, AR)
Region 11A State Bar Grievance Committee:
Former Member and Chair
Committee on Admissions and Grievances for the US District Court-Corpus Christi Division:
Former Member
State Bar Committee on Jury Service:
Former Member and Vice Chair
State Bar Committee on Rules of Evidence:
Former Member
Corpus Christi Bar Association Committee on the Administration of Justice:
Chair (This Committee redrafted the Local Rules of Administration which were adopted by the Texas Supreme Court in 1996)
Merit Review Panel for the United States District Court-Corpus Christi Division:
Former Member
Volunteer Lawyers Project, Coastal Bend Legal Services:
Former Member
Legal Aid Committee, Corpus Christi Bar Association:
Former Member
Nueces County Bail Bond Board:
Former Chair
Coastal Bend Legal Services; Volunteer Lawyers Project:
Former Member
Corpus Christi Bar Association; Legal Aid Committee:
Former Member
Community Activities
Citizens Police Academy:
Graduate
Citizens Fire Academy:
Graduate
Charlie’s Place:
Member Board of Directors
Coastal Bend Council on Alcohol & Drug Abuse:
Member–Advisory Council
University of Mary Hardin-Baylor College:
Former Member Board of Trustees
Baptist General Convention of Texas Subcommittee on Nominations for Institution Boards:
Former Member
Board of Governors, Leadership Corpus Christi:
Member
League of Women Voters:
Member
Coastal Bend Texas Democratic Women:
Member
Leadership Corpus Christi, Class VI:
Graduate
Nueces County Historical Society:
Member
University of Texas Alumni Association:
Member
Garcia Arts Center:
Co-Founder and Former Member Board of Directors
Nomination Panel for the Corpus Christi Caller-Times Jefferson Volunteer Awards:
Former Member
Corpus Christi Area Women's Political Caucus:
Former Member
US Bureau of the Census Advisory Committee on the Spanish Origin Population, 1975-1981:
Former Member
Student Government Association, Mary Hardin-Baylor College:
Vice President and Legislative Chair
State Democratic Convention:
Former Delegate
