Courts400th District Court
400th District Court
District Court · Fort Bend County
2 judges sit this bench. The docket leans civil — 24,870 of 46,125 filings since 1983 — and more than half of it arrives from Fort Bend County. 7,754 attorneys have appeared here.
The bench2 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Filings by year2026 is partial
6 thin leading years (115 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 court7,754 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Joseph T. LongoriaHoustonCivil1,9202Hugh L. McKenneyGlen RoseCivil1,9013Yolanda Michelle HumphreyHoustonCivil1,4444Steven Daniel SaucedoCorpus ChristiCivil1,3045Damon Dawain EdwardsHoustonCivil1,0476Michael Jude SiwierkaSugar LandCivil7147Andrew David BrinkArlingtonCivil6318Ernest Frederick San MendozaHoustonCivil6279Lewis W. SmithHoustonCivil56410Clemetric Thomas FrazierHoustonCivil405Attorneys in private practice with 25 or more appearances in this court’s indexed filings. Bulk government filers are not listed.
Elections2 races · 2 cycles · official canvass
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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