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11th District Court

District Court · Harris County

Judge Kristen Brauchle Hawkins has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans civil — 61,533 of 61,590 filings since 2000 — and more than half of it arrives from Harris County. 11,388 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Kristen Brauchle HawkinsJudgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
3.9k7.9k2000 · 997’002001 · 1,0372002 · 1,111’022003 · 1,2972004 · 4,020’042005 · 4,9782006 · 2,684’062007 · 1,5762008 · 1,758’082009 · 3,8822010 · 7,874’102011 · 2,2392012 · 2,025’122013 · 1,7472014 · 1,580’142015 · 1,6322016 · 1,699’162017 · 1,7122018 · 1,995’182019 · 2,0552020 · 1,863’202021 · 2,1242022 · 2,202’222023 · 2,2552024 · 2,319’242025 · 2,7012026 · 228’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court11,388 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Gary D. EllistonDallasCivil3,5902Clay M. WhiteTylerCivil3,3983James H. PowersHoustonCivil3,0694Keith William FoleyBeaumontCivil3,0095Barbara Jane BarronBeaumontCivil2,9006Todd N. WadeGeorgetownCivil2,6817Kenneth D. RhodesBryanCivil2,5198Susan Jan HueberFort WorthCivil2,1639Brett Jackson YoungHoustonCivil2,05310Robert Edwin ThackstonDallasCivil2,029

Attorneys in private practice with 25 or more appearances in this court’s indexed filings. Bulk government filers are not listed.

Elections2 races · 2 cycles · official canvass
CandidateVotesShare
20242 candidates · 3.3 pt margin
Kristen Hawkins (i)D759,29251.67%
Nile Bailey CopelandR710,24048.33%
2020Unopposed
Kristen Hawkins (i)D1,064,910100.00%

Texas judges are elected in partisan races; a governor’s appointee fills a vacancy only until the next general election. Results are the Secretary of State’s official canvass.

Last refreshed September 23, 2026
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