The Hon. LaDeitra Adkins is Judge of the 303 rd Family District Court, a position she has held since 2023. In addition to presiding over a demanding Family docket, Judge Adkins was elected by her judicial colleagues she is currently serving as the Presiding Judge for the Dallas County Family District Courts. 

LaDeitra Adkins began her career as a family law practitioner who developed a heart for social justice and helping others at an early age by watching her grandmother tirelessly serve the community and advocate for others. Her grandmother believed and often said that one must ‘give ‘til it hurts’, the same guiding principle that has remained with LaDeitra and fosters her own service to others. 

A graduate of Dallas’ Skyline High School, LaDeitra studied Criminal Justice at Prairie, earning a Bachelor of Science Degree in 1997. She is the first in her grandmother’s lineage to become a college graduate. LaDeitra went on to obtain her Juris Doctor degree in the year 2000 from South Texas College of Law.