Courts13th Court of Appeals
13th Court of Appeals
Court of Appeals · Statewide
6 justices sit this bench. The docket leans civil — 14,377 of 29,314 filings since 1970. 5,079 attorneys have appeared here.
The bench6 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Filings by year2026 is partial
1 thin leading year (2 filings between them) trimmed from the chart, as on the coverage pages; the last column is a partial year.
Attorneys who appear most in this court5,079 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Cheryl Denise HoleMcAllenCriminal1062Patrick J. McGuireCorpus ChristiCriminal903Frank Javier GarzaSan AntonioCriminal704Eric Alan Von BogdanSugar LandCivil675Will W. PiersonSan AntonioCivil406Will PryorDallasCivil377Kathryn F. GreenSugar LandCivil368David M. JordanDallasCriminal319Melvin David BaileyDallasCivil3010Nicholas Arthur ParmaSan AntonioCivil30Attorneys in private practice with 25 or more appearances in this court’s indexed filings. Bulk government filers are not listed.
Elections7 races · 3 cycles · official canvass
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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