Courts127th District Court

127th District Court

District Court · Harris County

Judge Denise Renee Adkison Brown has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans civil — 41,585 of 41,635 filings since 2000 — and more than half of it arrives from Harris County. 10,124 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Denise Renee Adkison BrownJudgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
1.3k2.6k2000 · 949’002001 · 9812002 · 1,021’022003 · 1,1962004 · 1,269’042005 · 1,4442006 · 1,477’062007 · 1,4522008 · 1,384’082009 · 1,5862010 · 1,544’102011 · 1,4382012 · 1,430’122013 · 1,4902014 · 1,415’142015 · 1,4572016 · 1,642’162017 · 1,6552018 · 1,931’182019 · 1,9832020 · 1,845’202021 · 1,8892022 · 1,902’222023 · 2,1842024 · 2,268’242025 · 2,5862026 · 217’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court10,124 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Daniel Joseph SnooksHoustonCivil1,0502Clemetric Thomas FrazierHoustonCivil9183Damon Dawain EdwardsHoustonCivil7614Dexter D. JoynerSchulenburgCivil7205Hugh L. McKenneyGlen RoseCivil6936Angelica Maria HernandezHoustonCivil5647Jason L. BaileyHoustonCivil4188Randall B. StrongBaytownCivil2739Owen M. SonikAustinCivil25510Elizabeth Ann WiehleHoustonCivil215

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
2024Unopposed
Denise BrownD922,898100.00%
20202 candidates · 8.8 pt margin
R.k. Sandill (i)D849,08554.40%
Nile CopelandR711,61445.60%

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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