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4th Court of Appeals

Court of Appeals · Statewide

7 justices sit this bench. The docket leans civil 18,523 of 38,040 filings since 1979. 10,648 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench7 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenureWhat the record says
Rebeca C. MartinezChief Justiceby 2026Profile →
Lori Massey BrissetteJusticeby 2026Profile →
Hubert McCrayJusticeby 2026Profile →
Velia J. MezaJusticeby 2026Profile →
Irene RiosJusticeby 2026Profile →
Adrian Anthony Spears IIJusticeby 2026Profile →
Lori I. ValenzuelaJusticeby 2026Profile →

A “by” date means the judge already sat when our first directory snapshot was taken — the year is the snapshot, not the appointment.

Filings by yearWe hold filings for this court from 1979 to present. 2026 is partial
5561.1k1981 · 465’811982 · 6371983 · 603’831984 · 5621985 · 580’851986 · 6321987 · 704’871988 · 6491989 · 646’891990 · 7231991 · 708’911992 · 7221993 · 806’931994 · 8521995 · 969’951996 · 1,0371997 · 1,059’971998 · 1,0851999 · 947’992000 · 8882001 · 858’012002 · 9302003 · 956’032004 · 9322005 · 946’052006 · 9032007 · 890’072008 · 9372009 · 829’092010 · 9282011 · 925’112012 · 8692013 · 913’132014 · 9212015 · 823’152016 · 8412017 · 862’172018 · 9912019 · 898’192020 · 6142021 · 589’212022 · 9012023 · 1,111’232024 · 8882025 · 843’252026 · 658’26

2 thin leading years (10 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 court10,648 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Joe D. GonzalesSan AntonioCriminal2,4302Michael Dennis RobbinsHoustonCriminal5813Suzanne Marie KramerSan AntonioCriminal2944Kristin Maria EtterAustinCriminal2545Gerald Anthony UretskySan AntonioCivil2216James Clayton OltersdorfSan AntonioCriminal2087Shawn Darrick SheffieldSan AntonioCivil1668Jeffrey D. SmallSan AntonioCivil1599Joseph Kraemer BohacHelotesCivil15510Michael Clark GrossSan AntonioCriminal145

Attorneys in private practice with 25 or more appearances in this court’s indexed filings. Bulk government filers are not listed.

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