Judge Toni Ingversen Asian American Heritage Association event photographs

Judge Ingversen was born in Manila, in the Philippines. Her family came to the U.S. in 1953; she grew up in Florissant, Missouri, receiving her bachelor's in political science from the University of Missouri at St. Louis in 1968 before moving to Houston, where she earned her doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Houston in 1973. That same year, she was admitted to practice law before the Supreme Court of Texas. She engaged in private practice until 1996, when she was appointed a full-time municipal court judge in Houston. In 2011, she retired from a full-time position and worked as an associate judge until 2015. Judge Ingversen has handled cases before the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas as well as the 5th and 11th Circuits of the U.S. Court of Appeals. In addition to being president of the Asian American Heritage Association from 1993 to 1994, she was president of the Asian American Bar Association from 1994 to 1995 and of the Asian American Democrats of Texas from 1995 to 1996.