Ten years ago, San Angelo lawyer Carmen Symes Dusek made a name for herself when she served as the lead attorney for the 330 children taken from Warren Jeffs’ Yearning For Zion polygamist compound in what turned out to be the largest child custody case in U.S. history. Now she’s been appointed as a judge of the same court that heard that case.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott appointed Dusek, a senior counsel with Jackson Walker, to replace longtime 51st District Court Judge Barbara Walther, who presided over the polygamist case and ordered the children’s removal.