Gov. Perry Appoints Schaap as 47th District Court Judge

AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry has appointed Daniel Schaap of Canyon as the 47th District Court Judge serving Potter, Randall and Armstrong counties for a term to expire at the next general election. 

Schaap is an attorney at Underwood, Wilson, Berry, Stein and Johnson PC. He is a director of the Amarillo Area Bar Foundation, a fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, and a member of the State Bar of Texas, 5th Federal Circuit Bar Association and Amarillo Area Bar Association. He is also a member of the Canyon Rotary Club, a Paul Harris Fellow of the Rotary International Foundation and a member of the Amarillo College Paralegal Studies Advisory Committee. Schaap received a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern Oklahoma State University and a law degree from the Texas Tech University School of Law.