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James Montoya
James Montoya is the elected District Attorney of Texas' 34th Judicial District (El Paso County), in office since January 1, 2025.
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Sep 30, 2026
Elected Matters: DA James Montoya & CA Christina Sanchez
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24:09James MontoyaGUEST
And that'll allow us to, you know, get a little bit more creative on our grants, you know, and do more exciting, innovative things.
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24:17James MontoyaGUEST
Because to me, the priority has been taking care of our cases in court, because that's really where the lawyers get burnt out, right? I mean, when you got to be in court, when you got to have a docket every day, that's where the grind gets you.
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24:31James MontoyaGUEST
And before I took office, that's where we were having a lot of the turnover.
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24:37James MontoyaGUEST
And somebody leaves the office, and then their queso gets piled on to somebody else, and then they get burnt out, and they want to leave the office.
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24:47James MontoyaGUEST
Stemming that tide and making sure that the lawyers in court every day have the support and the training and the resources that they need, including a trial partner to divvy up cases with, that's been the priority.
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28:38Erin SetliffHOST
But if you were to have a magic wand, James, and be able to apply it in some way to the work that you do or that the office does, how would you employ it, I guess,