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507th District Court

District Court · Harris County

2 judges sit this bench. The docket leans family — 36,386 of 39,886 filings since 2000 — and more than half of it arrives from Harris County. 2,159 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench2 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Victoria Luisa SanchezAssociate Judgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
2.3k4.6k2015 · 2,373’152016 · 4,561’162017 · 4,203’172018 · 4,219’182019 · 3,877’192020 · 3,754’202021 · 3,620’212022 · 3,461’222023 · 3,261’232024 · 3,171’242025 · 3,065’252026 · 115’26

15 thin leading years (206 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 court2,159 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Stephen LekasHoustonFamily1582Joseph Ramond SotoHoustonFamily1253Michael Glynn BusbyHoustonFamily944Olugboyega Rotimi AreolaHoustonFamily765Marco GonzalezHoustonFamily676David ChanHoustonFamily627Hollie Leigh HalePasadenaFamily628Edward A. DavisHoustonFamily529Rosalind W. CurtisPasadenaFamily4610Sameh O. AlyHoustonFamily45

Attorneys 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
20242 candidates · 2.8 pt margin
Dan LemkuilR701,34548.59%
20202 candidates · 9.2 pt margin
Julia Maldonado (i)D845,26854.59%
Alyssa LemkuilR703,08245.41%

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
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