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151st District Court

District Court · Harris County

Judge Erica R. Hughes has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans civil — 41,581 of 41,622 filings since 2000 — and more than half of it arrives from Harris County. 10,041 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Erica R. HughesJudgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
1.3k2.6k2000 · 950’002001 · 9902002 · 1,019’022003 · 1,2072004 · 1,274’042005 · 1,4422006 · 1,465’062007 · 1,4432008 · 1,377’082009 · 1,5562010 · 1,554’102011 · 1,4402012 · 1,443’122013 · 1,4752014 · 1,403’142015 · 1,4562016 · 1,642’162017 · 1,6992018 · 1,949’182019 · 1,9792020 · 1,809’202021 · 1,8672022 · 1,890’222023 · 2,1952024 · 2,269’242025 · 2,6062026 · 223’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court10,041 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Damon Dawain EdwardsHoustonCivil1,2202Daniel Joseph SnooksHoustonCivil1,0403Clemetric Thomas FrazierHoustonCivil8924Hugh L. McKenneyGlen RoseCivil6965Dexter D. JoynerSchulenburgCivil6836Angelica Maria HernandezHoustonCivil4287Jason L. BaileyHoustonCivil4208Randall B. StrongBaytownCivil2679Owen M. SonikAustinCivil23610Ted A. CoxHoustonCivil211

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

Elections2 races · 2 cycles · official canvass
CandidateVotesShare
2024Unopposed
Erica HughesD917,486100.00%
2020Unopposed
Mike Engelhart (i)D1,042,520100.00%

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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