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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
JudgeRoleTenure
Karen SageJudgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
9411.9k1986 · 25’861987 · 551988 · 44’881989 · 641990 · 68’901991 · 1151992 · 202’921993 · 1981994 · 133’941995 · 491996 · 66’961997 · 1361998 · 258’981999 · 2192000 · 282’002001 · 2762002 · 297’022003 · 4372004 · 1,116’042005 · 1,8812006 · 1,762’062007 · 1,8152008 · 1,700’082009 · 1,6392010 · 1,642’102011 · 1,6092012 · 1,464’122013 · 1,5652014 · 1,539’142015 · 1,5112016 · 1,589’162017 · 1,7262018 · 1,832’182019 · 1,6662020 · 1,086’202021 · 8172022 · 768’222023 · 9672024 · 1,221’242025 · 1,3972026 · 412’26

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 HinderaAustinCriminal309

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
2022Elected unopposed — no votes recorded
Karen R. Sage (i)D—elected

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.

Last refreshed September 23, 2026
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