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230th District Court

District Court · Harris County

Judge Chris Morton has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans criminal 31,552 of 31,552 filings since 1990 — and more than half of it arrives from Harris County. 1,267 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenureWhat the record says
Chris MortonJudgeby 2026Profile →

A “by” date means the judge already sat when our first directory snapshot was taken — the year is the snapshot, not the appointment.

Filings by yearWe hold filings for this court from 1990 to present. 2026 is partial
9631.9k1990 · 1,542’901991 · 1,6491992 · 1,566’921993 · 1,3541994 · 58’941995 · 1,2471996 · 1,285’961997 · 1,3201998 · 1,329’981999 · 1,3592000 · 1,438’002001 · 1,4672002 · 1,610’022003 · 1,6642004 · 486’042005 · 732006 · 73’062007 · 852008 · 77’082009 · 662010 · 82’102011 · 532012 · 44’122013 · 532014 · 62’142015 · 1,7862016 · 1,866’162017 · 1,7622018 · 1,850’182019 · 1,9252020 · 1,864’202021 · 902022 · 92’222023 · 942024 · 83’242025 · 652026 · 33’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court1,267 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Robert R. ScottKatyCriminal1,9902Deborah A. GottliebHoustonCriminal1,3663Lourdes RodriguezNorth Miami BeachCriminal6734Geraldo G. AcostaHoustonCriminal1875Richard Javier GonzalezLaredoCriminal1596A. E. NunneryHoustonCriminal1347David L. GarzaAustinCriminal1198Brian D. CoyneHoustonCriminal779Lucinda Kay MarshallHoustonCriminal7410Sherra Diann MillerHoustonCriminal74

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

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