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331st District Court

District Court · Travis County

Judge Chantal Melissa Eldridge has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans criminal — 32,061 of 35,616 filings since 1977 — and more than half of it arrives from Travis County. 1,294 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Filings by year2026 is partial
9571.9k1987 · 38’871988 · 471989 · 64’891990 · 691991 · 132’911992 · 1721993 · 162’931994 · 1081995 · 57’951996 · 661997 · 133’971998 · 2121999 · 260’992000 · 3302001 · 268’012002 · 3792003 · 492’032004 · 1,0692005 · 1,736’052006 · 1,9142007 · 1,909’072008 · 1,7742009 · 1,714’092010 · 1,5552011 · 1,500’112012 · 1,4502013 · 1,518’132014 · 1,5612015 · 1,517’152016 · 1,5412017 · 1,642’172018 · 1,8202019 · 1,580’192020 · 1,1862021 · 754’212022 · 7362023 · 933’232024 · 1,1792025 · 1,497’252026 · 482’26

7 thin leading years (60 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 court1,294 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Raymond M. EspersenAustinCriminal7662Kenneth Ray OdenAustinCivil7593Charles David PopperAustinCriminal6374Jon Thomas EvansAustinCriminal4825William Jack BrowningAustinCriminal4736Mark A. SampsonAustinCriminal3717Benjamin GergenAustinCriminal3578Robb William ShepherdAustinCriminal3459William Monroe HinesAustinCriminal32010Frank IvyAustinCriminal316

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

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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