Courts450th District Court
450th District Court
District Court · Travis County
Judge Bradley G. Urrutia has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans criminal — 13,114 of 13,607 filings since 2009 — and more than half of it arrives from Travis County. 669 attorneys have appeared here.
The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Filings by year2026 is partial
2 thin leading years (6 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 court669 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Charles David PopperAustinCriminal2982Benjamin GergenAustinCriminal2743Raymond M. EspersenAustinCriminal2344Robb William ShepherdAustinCriminal1975William Jack BrowningAustinCriminal1916William Monroe HinesAustinCriminal1587Cheryl Denise HinderaAustinCriminal1478Christopher William HolubAustinCriminal1359Raphael HernandezAustinCriminal13510Marc Anthony ChavezGeorgetownCriminal135Attorneys 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
Brad Urrutia (i)D393,800100.00%
2020
Brad Urrutia (i)D426,372100.00%
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