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61st District Court

District Court · Harris County

Judge Lee Kathryn Shuchart has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans civil — 41,641 of 41,675 filings since 2000 — and more than half of it arrives from Harris County. 10,097 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Lee Kathryn ShuchartJudgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
1.3k2.6k2000 · 962’002001 · 1,0092002 · 1,034’022003 · 1,1972004 · 1,269’042005 · 1,4502006 · 1,471’062007 · 1,4722008 · 1,373’082009 · 1,5782010 · 1,548’102011 · 1,4492012 · 1,416’122013 · 1,4532014 · 1,424’142015 · 1,4582016 · 1,630’162017 · 1,6772018 · 2,015’182019 · 1,9502020 · 1,826’202021 · 1,8762022 · 1,898’222023 · 2,1472024 · 2,268’242025 · 2,6132026 · 212’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court10,097 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Daniel Joseph SnooksHoustonCivil1,0622Clemetric Thomas FrazierHoustonCivil8563Hugh L. McKenneyGlen RoseCivil6984Dexter D. JoynerSchulenburgCivil6935Angelica Maria HernandezHoustonCivil6436Jason L. BaileyHoustonCivil4377Randall B. StrongBaytownCivil3208Damon Dawain EdwardsHoustonCivil3059Owen M. SonikAustinCivil28310Ted A. CoxHoustonCivil232

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 · 1.1 pt margin
Lee Kathryn ShuchartR740,38650.54%
Fredericka Phillips (i)D724,46549.46%
20202 candidates · 6.0 pt margin
Fredericka Phillips (i)D831,31652.99%
Erin Elizabeth LuncefordR737,54447.01%

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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