Courts164th District Court

164th District Court

District Court · Harris County

Judge Cheryl Elliot Thornton has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans civil — 41,698 of 41,744 filings since 2000 — and more than half of it arrives from Harris County. 10,091 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Cheryl Elliot ThorntonJudgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
1.3k2.6k2000 · 971’002001 · 1,0072002 · 1,009’022003 · 1,2032004 · 1,300’042005 · 1,4372006 · 1,526’062007 · 1,4412008 · 1,390’082009 · 1,5802010 · 1,555’102011 · 1,4322012 · 1,447’122013 · 1,4642014 · 1,425’142015 · 1,4652016 · 1,634’162017 · 1,6792018 · 1,919’182019 · 1,9982020 · 1,836’202021 · 1,8522022 · 1,933’222023 · 2,1652024 · 2,254’242025 · 2,5962026 · 226’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court10,091 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Daniel Joseph SnooksHoustonCivil1,0532Clemetric Thomas FrazierHoustonCivil8693Herbert Alonzo StoneHoustonCivil7214Dexter D. JoynerSchulenburgCivil6935Hugh L. McKenneyGlen RoseCivil6756Jason L. BaileyHoustonCivil4197Damon Dawain EdwardsHoustonCivil3398Randall B. StrongBaytownCivil2959Owen M. SonikAustinCivil27210Angelica Maria HernandezHoustonCivil263

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
20242 candidates · 1.2 pt margin
Cheryl Elliott Thornton (i)D737,24750.60%
Aaron Gabriel AdamsR719,77449.40%
20202 candidates · 7.1 pt margin
Cheryl Elliott ThorntonD835,26653.57%
Michael LandrumR724,03346.43%

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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