Courts434th District Court
434th District Court
District Court · Fort Bend County
2 judges sit this bench. The docket leans civil — 19,512 of 33,482 filings since 1988 — and more than half of it arrives from Fort Bend County. 7,389 attorneys have appeared here.
The bench2 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Filings by year2026 is partial
11 thin leading years (51 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 court7,389 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Yolanda Michelle HumphreyHoustonCivil1,3602Steven Daniel SaucedoCorpus ChristiCivil1,2153Damon Dawain EdwardsHoustonCivil7374Andrew David BrinkArlingtonCivil7355Ernest Frederick San MendozaHoustonCivil6506Lewis W. SmithHoustonCivil5437Clemetric Thomas FrazierHoustonCivil4298Matthew TepperRound RockCivil2799Donald D. DegrasseHoustonCivil24510Michael Jude SiwierkaSugar LandCivil243Attorneys 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
CandidateVotesShare
2024
Christian Becerra (i)D196,099100.00%
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