Courts437th District Court
437th District Court
District Court · Bexar County
Judge Joel Perez has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans criminal — 13,020 of 13,020 filings since 1969 — and more than half of it arrives from Bexar County. 843 attorneys have appeared here.
The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Filings by year
15 thin leading years (65 filings between them) trimmed from the chart, as on the coverage pages.
Attorneys who appear most in this court843 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1J. Charles BunkSan AntonioCriminal1422James Clayton OltersdorfSan AntonioCriminal1053Raymond MartinezSan AntonioCriminal964Robert Mize MaurerSan AntonioCriminal955Robert F. GebbiaSan AntonioCriminal926James Vincent TocciSan AntonioCriminal907John Paul YoungSan AntonioCriminal888Edward A. BartolomeiSan AntonioCriminal779John KuntzSan AntonioCriminal7610Kelly Kay GreenSan AntonioCriminal71Attorneys 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
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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