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261st District Court

District Court · Travis County

Judge Daniella Deseta Lyttle has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans civil 16,370 of 30,148 filings since 1977 — and more than half of it arrives from Travis County. 9,731 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenureWhat the record says

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 1977 to present. 2026 is partial
7181.4k1987 · 39’871988 · 431989 · 55’891990 · 371991 · 91’911992 · 1201993 · 134’931994 · 1791995 · 236’951996 · 2461997 · 251’971998 · 3191999 · 440’992000 · 6582001 · 1,091’012002 · 1,0432003 · 1,032’032004 · 1,1722005 · 1,353’052006 · 1,1572007 · 1,052’072008 · 9892009 · 946’092010 · 1,0662011 · 1,093’112012 · 1,1362013 · 1,048’132014 · 6012015 · 135’152016 · 1,1402017 · 1,138’172018 · 1,0682019 · 1,216’192020 · 5912021 · 1,163’212022 · 1,1562023 · 1,292’232024 · 1,4132025 · 1,436’252026 · 722’26

9 thin leading years (51 filings between them) trimmed from the chart, as on the coverage pages; the last column is a partial year.

Attorneys who appear most in this court9,731 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Mary SanchezAustinCivil6382Kenneth Ray OdenAustinCivil5693Sharon Coffee BaxterRound RockCivil1734Clemetric Thomas FrazierHoustonCivil1565Jason Robert NassourWest Lake HillsCivil1396Daniel Allen ClarkPflugervilleFamily1317Robb William ShepherdAustinCivil1278Amy Reilly SallustiAddisonCivil1189Eric Michael WillieAustinFamily10910Brett Hermes PayneAustinCivil103

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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