Question: Facts: - residence: houston , texas - preceded: new district following redistricting jon lindsay - party: republican - spouse: jet winkley eckels - office: texas county judge of harris county , texas state representative from district 133 -lrb- houston -rrb- - term end: january 10 , 1995 march 6 , 2007 - succeeded: joe nixon ed emmett - term start: january 11 , 1983 1995 - birth date: 14 march 1957 - name: robert allen eckels - children: daughter kirby eckels - nationality: american - birth place: houston , texas , usa - alma mater: houston christian high school - occupation: lawyer and businessman Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of robert eckels .
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robert allen eckels -lrb- born march 14 , 1957 -rrb- is a lawyer and businessman from his native houston , texas , who was from 1983 to 1995 a republican member of the texas house of representatives and from 1995 to 2007 the county judge of harris county .