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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
JudgeRoleTenureWhat the record says
Jaime E. TijerinaChief Justiceby 2026Profile →
Jenny CronJusticeby 2026Profile →
Ysmael D. Fonseca JrJusticeby 2026Profile →
Lionel Aron Pena JrJusticeby 2026Profile →
Clarissa SilvaJusticeby 2026Profile →
Jon William WestJusticeby 2026Profile →

A “by” date means the judge already sat when our first directory snapshot was taken — the year is the snapshot, not the appointment.

Filings by yearWe hold filings for this court from 1970 to present. 2026 is partial
4639251981 · 40’811982 · 1961983 · 462’831984 · 4551985 · 567’851986 · 5641987 · 509’871988 · 5371989 · 400’891990 · 4501991 · 660’911992 · 7021993 · 710’931994 · 6061995 · 577’951996 · 6531997 · 925’971998 · 6691999 · 816’992000 · 7792001 · 874’012002 · 7472003 · 757’032004 · 6972005 · 743’052006 · 7442007 · 736’072008 · 7262009 · 695’092010 · 7132011 · 764’112012 · 7892013 · 723’132014 · 7532015 · 622’152016 · 6982017 · 708’172018 · 6932019 · 657’192020 · 5632021 · 470’212022 · 6252023 · 598’232024 · 6592025 · 689’252026 · 592’26

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 AntonioCivil30

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

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