Courts299th District Court
299th District Court
District Court · Travis County
Judge Karen Sage has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans criminal — 32,431 of 35,683 filings since 1978 — and more than half of it arrives from Travis County. 1,305 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 1978 to present. 2026 is partial
7 thin leading years (35 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 court1,305 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Kenneth Ray OdenAustinCivil7222Charles David PopperAustinCriminal6433William Jack BrowningAustinCriminal4944Jon Thomas EvansAustinCriminal4785Raymond M. EspersenAustinCriminal3996Robb William ShepherdAustinCriminal3397William Monroe HinesAustinCriminal3308Benjamin GergenAustinCriminal3309David Oscar ChambersAustinCriminal30910Cheryl Denise HinderaAustinCriminal309Attorneys in private practice with 25 or more appearances in this court’s indexed filings. Bulk government filers are not listed.