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403rd District Court

District Court · Travis County

Judge Brandy Mueller has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans criminal — 30,520 of 32,543 filings since 1997 — and more than half of it arrives from Travis County. 1,010 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Brandy MuellerJudgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
1k2k2000 · 39’002001 · 1732002 · 302’022003 · 4822004 · 1,124’042005 · 1,5942006 · 1,788’062007 · 2,0082008 · 1,778’082009 · 1,6382010 · 1,553’102011 · 1,4422012 · 1,415’122013 · 1,5262014 · 1,536’142015 · 1,4822016 · 1,547’162017 · 1,5982018 · 1,577’182019 · 1,4902020 · 967’202021 · 6692022 · 819’222023 · 1,0112024 · 1,253’242025 · 1,3402026 · 380’26

3 thin leading years (12 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 court1,010 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Charles David PopperAustinCriminal6672Jon Thomas EvansAustinCriminal5113David Oscar ChambersAustinCriminal3944William Jack BrowningAustinCriminal3905Raymond M. EspersenAustinCriminal3856Mark A. SampsonAustinCriminal3227William Monroe HinesAustinCriminal2988Robb William ShepherdAustinCriminal2959Leonard Martin MartinezAustinCriminal28010Benjamin GergenAustinCriminal276

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
Brandy MuellerD—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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