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501st District Court

District Court · Fort Bend County

Judge Richard T. Bell has held this bench since Dec 1, 2025. The docket leans family — 6,202 of 6,202 filings since 2020 — and more than half of it arrives from Fort Bend County. 1,279 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenureWhat the record says
Richard T. BellJudgeSince Dec 1, 2025
Filings by yearWe hold filings for this court from 2020 to present. 2026 is partial
6301.3k2020 · 160’202021 · 1,006’212022 · 991’222023 · 969’232024 · 1,259’242025 · 1,214’252026 · 603’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court1,279 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Dean Patrick ZandRichmondFamily662Victoria Darlene MendozaSugar LandFamily643Michelle Rene' KestlerRichmondFamily504Frank Jeffrey VendtRichmondFamily435David ChanHoustonFamily376Michael Glynn BusbyHoustonFamily377Lennea Michelle CannonSugar LandFamily30

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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