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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
JudgeRoleTenure
Clifford A. BrownJudgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
9892k1985 · 24’851986 · 151987 · 38’871988 · 361989 · 67’891990 · 671991 · 163’911992 · 1601993 · 186’931994 · 891995 · 31’951996 · 641997 · 120’971998 · 1881999 · 197’992000 · 2742001 · 227’012002 · 3262003 · 436’032004 · 1,1362005 · 1,855’052006 · 1,9772007 · 1,880’072008 · 1,7682009 · 1,678’092010 · 1,6672011 · 1,543’112012 · 1,4862013 · 1,640’132014 · 1,6272015 · 1,525’152016 · 1,6422017 · 1,673’172018 · 1,9142019 · 1,465’192020 · 1,0782021 · 691’212022 · 6742023 · 972’232024 · 1,2162025 · 1,405’252026 · 358’26

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 JonesManchacaCriminal298

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

Elections1 race · 1 cycle · official canvass
CandidateVotesShare
2022Elected unopposed — no votes recorded
Cliff Brown (i)D—elected

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. An unopposed candidate can be declared elected without appearing on the ballot, so some races record no votes.

Last refreshed September 23, 2026
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