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55th District Court

District Court · Harris County

Judge Latosha Lewis Payne has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans civil — 39,718 of 39,762 filings since 2000 — and more than half of it arrives from Harris County. 9,853 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Latosha Lewis PayneJudgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
1k2.1k2000 · 939’002001 · 1,0032002 · 1,020’022003 · 1,1992004 · 1,266’042005 · 1,4382006 · 1,486’062007 · 1,4622008 · 1,380’082009 · 1,5762010 · 1,565’102011 · 1,4542012 · 1,430’122013 · 1,4922014 · 1,405’142015 · 1,4822016 · 1,620’162017 · 1,6682018 · 1,940’182019 · 1,9892020 · 1,802’202021 · 1,6732022 · 1,634’222023 · 1,7282024 · 1,814’242025 · 2,0772026 · 220’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court9,853 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Daniel Joseph SnooksHoustonCivil9742Angelica Maria HernandezHoustonCivil6993Clemetric Thomas FrazierHoustonCivil6804Hugh L. McKenneyGlen RoseCivil6795Dexter D. JoynerSchulenburgCivil6676Damon Dawain EdwardsHoustonCivil6407Jason L. BaileyHoustonCivil4218Randall B. StrongBaytownCivil2829Owen M. SonikAustinCivil24310Sipra Syngal BoydHoustonCivil201

Attorneys 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
CandidateVotesShare
20222 candidates · 2.3 pt margin
Latosha Lewis Payne (i)D548,19451.17%
Nile CopelandR523,08948.83%

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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