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183rd District Court

District Court · Harris County

Judge Lance Long has held this bench since Jan 1, 2025. The docket leans criminal — 31,066 of 31,066 filings since 1990 — and more than half of it arrives from Harris County. 1,292 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Lance LongJudgeSince Jan 1, 2025
Filings by year2026 is partial
9511.9k1990 · 1,535’901991 · 1,6161992 · 1,616’921993 · 1,3531994 · 55’941995 · 1,2491996 · 1,303’961997 · 1,3421998 · 1,322’981999 · 1,3382000 · 1,432’002001 · 1,4642002 · 1,630’022003 · 1,6682004 · 449’042005 · 652006 · 84’062007 · 712008 · 80’082009 · 642010 · 69’102011 · 622012 · 56’122013 · 672014 · 73’142015 · 1,6832016 · 1,873’162017 · 1,8812018 · 1,373’182019 · 1,9022020 · 1,835’202021 · 1042022 · 82’222023 · 852024 · 61’242025 · 652026 · 59’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court1,292 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Sherra Diann MillerHoustonCriminal1,3902Catherine L. BaenHoustonCriminal1,3893S. Roger BridgwaterHoustonCriminal6344Eugene JonesBellaireCriminal3755A. E. NunneryHoustonCriminal2626Karen A. BarneyBrenhamCriminal1817Blanca E. LopezHoustonCriminal1658Kenneth Eugene McCoyHoustonCriminal1449Ted R. DoebblerHoustonCriminal14410Robert R. ScottKatyCriminal113

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 · 0.3 pt margin
Kristin M. GuineyR534,70750.13%
Gemayel L. HaynesD532,03149.87%

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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