Courts331st District Court
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
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 1977 to present. 2026 is partial
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 IvyAustinCriminal316Attorneys in private practice with 25 or more appearances in this court’s indexed filings. Bulk government filers are not listed.