[1][2] Crier is currently a managing partner in Cajole Entertainment, developing television, film, and documentary projects.

[3] She regularly appears as a guest contributor and panelist on various news programs, conducts speaking engagements across the country, and blogs for The Huffington Post.

In 1970, Crier's family bought a farm in a Dallas suburb where she hauled hay, cleaned stalls, and competed in Arabian horse shows across the Southwest.

[citation needed] During her tenure on the bench, Crier also served as Administrative Judge for the Civil District Courts and worked with the ABA, National Judicial College, and Texas Legislature.

Shortly after her election to a second term on the bench, a chance meeting with a television news executive led to a career change.

[10] She was awarded a 1996 Emmy for Outstanding Investigative Journalism for her work on the segment "The Predators" which examined nursing home abuses throughout the United States.