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
Jaime E. TijerinaChief Justiceby 2026
Jenny CronJusticeby 2026
Ysmael D. Fonseca JrJusticeby 2026
Lionel Aron Pena JrJusticeby 2026
Clarissa SilvaJusticeby 2026
Jon William WestJusticeby 2026
Filings by year2026 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.

Elections7 races · 3 cycles · official canvass
CandidateVotesShare
2024Place 22 candidates · 6.9 pt margin
Jenny CronR319,75953.46%
Nora Longoria (i)D278,36946.54%
2024Place 42 candidates · 10.6 pt margin
Ysmael D. FonsecaR328,38155.32%
Joe MartinezD265,25844.68%
2024Place 52 candidates · 16.2 pt margin
Jon WestR343,62558.10%
Regi Compian RichardsonD247,77241.90%
2024Chief Justice2 candidates · 13.6 pt margin
Jaime TijerinaR340,39756.78%
Gina BenavidesD259,13443.22%
2022Place 32 candidates · 5.1 pt margin
Aaron PeñaR225,33952.57%
Leticia HinojosaD203,28847.43%
2020Place 4Unexpired term2 candidates · 3.0 pt margin
Jaime Tijerina (i)R313,79651.51%
Migdalia LopezD295,44548.49%
2020Place 62 candidates · 1.9 pt margin
Clarissa SilvaR309,00750.93%

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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