- Eric Dick was arrested earlier this month on a charge of assaulting a family member
- Dick, who was elected as a Republican to the Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees, spent over $30k helping Democrats in the 2024 election cycle
- The Hawaii Attorney General’s office is currently pursing criminal charges against Dick arising out of his solicitation of Maui wildfire victims.
A Houston trial lawyer and political donor known for promoting his law firm through advertising laden with sexual innuendo was arrested earlier this month on a criminal charge arising out of a domestic incident.
As first reported by Houston Landing, Eric Dick was charged with the misdemeanor offense of assault of a family member after being arrested by Houston police. Dick, who is also an elected member of the Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees, told the Houston Landing, “I love (the alleged victim) with all of my heart and am sorry for any embarrassment that I caused her.”
Despite holding public office as a Republican, the bulk of Dick’s political giving during the 2024 election cycle went to aid Democrats.
According to campaign finance data from the Texas Ethics Commission, Dick spent $30,750 to assist Democrats in the 2024 election. This figure only includes contributions to candidates and political committees that file campaign finance disclosures with the Texas Ethics Commission. His largest donation was a $25,000 contribution to the Community Justice PAC, which assisted a slate of Democrat judicial candidates.
Dick also donated $5,500 directly to nine Democrats running for District or Appellate court positions. Among the Democrats supported by Dick were incumbent appellate court judges Meg Poissant, Richard Hightower, Peter Kelly, Sarah Beth Landau, and Julie Countiss.
As previously reported by The Texas Voice, Republicans won all seats that were up for election on the Houston-based 1stand 14th Courts of Appeals in the 2024 general election. These victories came after groups such as the Judicial Fairness PAC and the Stop Houston Murders PAC launched a multimillion-dollar ad campaign targeting “soft-on-crime Democrat Judges.”
Republicans who received contributions from Dick include Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, Jared Woodfill, and Matt Morgan. Woodfill, the former Chairman of the Harris County Republican Party, unsuccessfully challenged State Representative Lacey Hull in the Republican Primary in House District 138. Morgan defeated incumbent State Representative Jacey Jetton in the Republican Primary for House District 26 and was elected in the general election. Paxton endorsed both Woodfill and Morgan in their campaigns for State Representative.
Danyahel “Danny” Norris, a Democrat who unsuccessfully ran against State Representative Harold Dutton in the Democrat Primary for Texas House District 142 last year, was also endorsed and financially supported by Dick. Norris, who was elected to the Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees in 2018 as a member of the Democratic Socialists of America, challenged Dutton from the left.
Joining Dick in supporting Norris for State Representative was the Texas Organizing Project PAC- a radical organization whose donors include George Soros and Rachel Gelman, a California heiress who supports abolishing prisons and police.
Dick represents Harris County Precinct 3 on the Harris County Department of Education Board of Trustees. While Dick is registered to vote at an apartment located in Precinct 3, tax records indicate that he maintains a residential homestead exemption on a house valued at $1 million that he owns outside of the district that he represents. He was unopposed in both the 2024 Republican primary and general elections.
The assault charge is not the only legal trouble Dick is currently facing. Last year, the Hawaii Attorney General’s office charged Dick and his law firm with misdemeanor charges of unauthorized practice of law and attempted unauthorized practice of law. These charges stem from Dick mailing solicitations to individuals in the wake of the Maui wildfires. Dick is not licensed to practice law in Hawaii.
Dick has entered a plea of not guilty to the criminal charges pending against him in Hawaii. A pretrial conference in this case is currently scheduled for June 9.
