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240th District Court

District Court · Fort Bend County

2 judges sit this bench. The docket leans civil — 29,664 of 55,532 filings since 1982 — and more than half of it arrives from Fort Bend County. 9,211 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench2 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Derek Uchechukwu ObialoAssociate Judgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
1.1k2.2k1982 · 444’821983 · 4211984 · 405’841985 · 4321986 · 548’861987 · 4691988 · 548’881989 · 5221990 · 604’901991 · 1,5711992 · 1,329’921993 · 1,2221994 · 1,230’941995 · 1,1531996 · 1,077’961997 · 1,1111998 · 1,091’981999 · 9532000 · 1,091’002001 · 1,0792002 · 1,118’022003 · 1,2562004 · 1,461’042005 · 1,4642006 · 1,439’062007 · 1,4152008 · 1,324’082009 · 1,5912010 · 1,698’102011 · 1,6032012 · 1,278’122013 · 1,4402014 · 1,451’142015 · 1,6182016 · 1,820’162017 · 1,7652018 · 1,974’182019 · 2,1552020 · 1,424’202021 · 1,4682022 · 1,484’222023 · 1,5532024 · 1,738’242025 · 1,8902026 · 805’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court9,211 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Yolanda Michelle HumphreyHoustonCivil1,3932Steven Daniel SaucedoCorpus ChristiCivil1,1953Damon Dawain EdwardsHoustonCivil1,0424Michael Jude SiwierkaSugar LandCivil9715Andrew David BrinkArlingtonCivil6836Ernest Frederick San MendozaHoustonCivil6697Lewis W. SmithHoustonCivil5468Clemetric Thomas FrazierHoustonCivil4499Michael J. DarlowHoustonCivil42610Raymond R. GrayAustinCivil364

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 · 0.1 pt margin
Surendran K. PattelD121,76250.04%
Edward M. KrenekR121,56849.96%

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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