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308th District Court

District Court · Harris County

2 judges sit this bench; our directory snapshots record 1 past member. The docket leans family — 100,921 of 106,512 filings since 2000 — and more than half of it arrives from Harris County. 5,477 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench2 sitting
JudgeRoleTenure
Gloria E. LopezJudgeby 2026
Ryan SalfitiAssociate Judgeby 2026
Former judges
Deborah A. PattersonAssociate Judgeby 2026 – by 2026Not on the Harris County associate-judge roster (Aug 2026)
Filings by year2026 is partial
2.3k4.6k2000 · 4,629’002001 · 4,4812002 · 4,423’022003 · 4,4012004 · 4,427’042005 · 4,6092006 · 4,545’062007 · 4,4742008 · 4,501’082009 · 4,4982010 · 4,053’102011 · 4,2192012 · 4,072’122013 · 4,2342014 · 4,055’142015 · 4,1322016 · 4,445’162017 · 4,2232018 · 4,157’182019 · 3,8402020 · 3,710’202021 · 3,5992022 · 3,475’222023 · 3,2382024 · 3,149’242025 · 2,8292026 · 94’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court5,477 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Stephen LekasHoustonFamily6002Edward A. DavisHoustonFamily4723Michael Glynn BusbyHoustonFamily3924Frank E. MannFulshearFamily3715David ChanHoustonFamily3656Rosalind W. CurtisPasadenaFamily3367Joseph Ramond SotoHoustonFamily2648John M. McDermottHoustonFamily2629Bruce A. BaughmanBaytownFamily19610Marsha I ReedHoustonFamily196

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 · 4.0 pt margin
Gloria López (i)D549,93951.98%
Todd FrankfortR507,96648.02%

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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