Judge Grant Dorfman, who served as the Deputy First Assistant Attorney General since December 2020, has left the Office of the Attorney General (OAG) after more than three years of service. He has been nominated by Governor Greg Abbott to serve as a judge on Texas’s newly established Eleventh Business Court Division in Houston.
During his tenure with the OAG, Judge Dorfman focused on upholding the rule of law and defending Texas's lawsuits against federal overreach. In his departure letter to Attorney General Ken Paxton, Judge Dorfman stated, “It has been a great honor and privilege to serve under your leadership, together with a talented and determined team.… But the core of our accomplishments, as I see it, has been in holding the Biden Administration accountable to the Constitution, federalism, the rule of law, and democratic lawmaking. We have sued over sixty times, with an enviable rate of success, in service of those ideals that undergird our Republic.”
Attorney General Paxton praised Judge Dorfman's contributions: “Judge Dorfman has been an indispensable champion for the people of Texas. I will be forever thankful for his friendship and service during the past three years. Judge Dorfman’s wisdom and dedication have been a tremendous asset to our State. I am delighted that he will continue to serve the people of Texas, now as a judge on the Eleventh Business Court Division in Houston.”
Before his role as Deputy First Assistant Attorney General, Judge Dorfman served as a judge for the 129th and 334th District Courts in Houston. He also clerked for the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, worked as a partner in a commercial litigation law firm, and oversaw worldwide litigation as Senior In-House Counsel for an oil and gas drilling contractor.
To read Judge Dorfman’s departure letter or Governor Abbott’s judicial appointments announcement, visit their respective links.