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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.

Sep 30, 2026

24:08
Yeah.
24:09
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.
24:17
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.
24:31
And before I took office, that's where we were having a lot of the turnover.
24:37
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.
24:45
And so...
24:47
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.
28:38
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,

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