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80th District Court

District Court · Harris County

Judge Sonya Lillie Aston has held this bench since at least 2026. The docket leans civil — 41,635 of 41,673 filings since 2000 — and more than half of it arrives from Harris County. 10,111 attorneys have appeared here.

The bench1 sitting · from directory snapshots
JudgeRoleTenure
Sonya Lillie AstonJudgeby 2026
Filings by year2026 is partial
1.3k2.6k2000 · 964’002001 · 1,0012002 · 996’022003 · 1,2192004 · 1,240’042005 · 1,4542006 · 1,501’062007 · 1,4452008 · 1,394’082009 · 1,5802010 · 1,565’102011 · 1,4692012 · 1,436’122013 · 1,4802014 · 1,416’142015 · 1,4472016 · 1,645’162017 · 1,6562018 · 1,915’182019 · 1,9892020 · 1,856’202021 · 1,8582022 · 1,903’222023 · 2,1772024 · 2,254’242025 · 2,5952026 · 218’26
Attorneys who appear most in this court10,111 have appeared · 25-case floor
AttorneyCityMostlyCases
1Daniel Joseph SnooksHoustonCivil1,0312Angelica Maria HernandezHoustonCivil8503Clemetric Thomas FrazierHoustonCivil8264Hugh L. McKenneyGlen RoseCivil7095Dexter D. JoynerSchulenburgCivil6896Jason L. BaileyHoustonCivil4247Randall B. StrongBaytownCivil2828Damon Dawain EdwardsHoustonCivil2699Owen M. SonikAustinCivil25710Ted A. CoxHoustonCivil192

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 · 0.0 pt margin
Sonya L. AstonR731,73150.02%
Jeralynn Manor (i)D731,08449.98%
20202 candidates · 6.9 pt margin
Jeralynn ManorD837,31753.47%
Sharon HemphillR728,52746.53%

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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