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Judge Charlie Baird. Charles Frederick (Charlie) Baird is judge of the 299th District Court of Travis County, Texas. He was elected to this position on November 7, 2006, and took office on January 1, 2007.

From November 1990 through December 1998, Judge Baird served on the Court of Criminal Appeals, Texas' highest criminal appellate court. In 1997, he was the highest rated statewide appellate court judge in Texas. Thereafter he served as a visiting justice on the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals of Texas and the criminal trial benches of Travis County. Over his career as an appellate judge, Baird wrote more than 1,000 opinions.

From January 1999 through May of 2006, Judge Baird taught as a professor of law at Texas Tech University, South Texas College of Law (his alma mater) and Loyola New Orleans School of Law. He taught various courses in the area of criminal law, specifically criminal law, criminal procedure, international criminal law, criminal trial advocacy, capital punishment, and criminal trial and post conviction remedies. Also, he instructed and advised students in the West Texas Innocence Clinic. Judge Baird was named teacher of the year in 2005 and 2001.

Charlie is married to Kristin Baird who is also a lawyer. They are the parents of Olivia Faith Baird, the smartest, prettiest and sweetest daughter in the world.