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.
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 in private practice with 25 or more appearances in this court’s indexed filings. Bulk government filers are not listed.
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. An unopposed candidate can be declared elected without appearing on the ballot, so some races record no votes.