Courts147th District Court
147th District Court
District Court · Travis County
Judge Clifford A. Brown has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans criminal — 31,916 of 35,645 filings since 1966 — and more than half of it arrives from Travis County. 1,344 attorneys have appeared here.
The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenureWhat the record says
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 1966 to present. 2026 is partial
12 thin leading years (67 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 court1,344 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Kenneth Ray OdenAustinCivil7452Charles David PopperAustinCriminal6463Jon Thomas EvansAustinCriminal5114William Jack BrowningAustinCriminal5055Raymond M. EspersenAustinCriminal3706Mark A. SampsonAustinCriminal3657Christopher William HolubAustinCriminal3228David Oscar ChambersAustinCriminal3179Robb William ShepherdAustinCriminal31710Richard Timothy JonesManchacaCriminal298Attorneys in private practice with 25 or more appearances in this court’s indexed filings. Bulk government filers are not listed.