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157th District Court

District Court · Harris County

Judge Tanya Garrison has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans civil — 42,790 of 42,844 filings since 2000 — and more than half of it arrives from Harris County. 10,161 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Tanya GarrisonJudgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
1.3k2.6k2000 · 947’002001 · 1,0112002 · 1,041’022003 · 1,2512004 · 1,218’042005 · 1,8212006 · 2,202’062007 · 1,4652008 · 1,396’082009 · 1,5432010 · 1,540’102011 · 1,4642012 · 1,452’122013 · 1,4672014 · 1,429’142015 · 1,4592016 · 1,638’162017 · 1,6772018 · 1,969’182019 · 2,0002020 · 1,810’202021 · 1,8802022 · 1,897’222023 · 2,1882024 · 2,263’242025 · 2,5992026 · 217’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court10,161 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Damon Dawain EdwardsHoustonCivil1,1042Daniel Joseph SnooksHoustonCivil1,0723Clemetric Thomas FrazierHoustonCivil8714Hugh L. McKenneyGlen RoseCivil6955Dexter D. JoynerSchulenburgCivil6926Jason L. BaileyHoustonCivil4157Julie HardinHoustonCivil3768Randall B. StrongBaytownCivil2909Richard L. JosephsonHoustonCivil27010Jason Charles WebsterHoustonCivil255

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
20222 candidates · 3.1 pt margin
Tanya Garrison (i)D551,29851.56%
Sonya L. AstonR517,86648.44%

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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