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HARRIS COUNTY CIVIL COURTS AT LAW

CCCL#1   Hon. R. Jack Cagle
CCCL#2   Hon. Jacqueline Lucci-Smith
CCCL#2   Hon. Gary Michael Block (former judge)
CCCL#3   Hon. Linda Storey
CCCL#3   Hon. Lynn Bradshaw-Hull (former judge of this court)
CCCL#4   Hon. Roberta Anne Lloyd

HARRIS COUNTY PROBATE COURTS (see --> probate court cases)

Probate Court No. 1: Judge Georgia Akers | Kathy Stone (2009)
Probate Court No. 2: Judge Mike Wood
Probate Court No. 3: Judge Rory R. Olsen
Probate Court No. 4: Judge William C. McCulloch

HOUSTON CIVIL DISTRICT COURTS AND JUDGES
(CURRENT INCUMBENTS INCLUDING DEMOCRATS WHO TOOK
OFFICE IN JANUARY 2009 AND THEIR REPUBLICAN PREDECESSORS)
Also see -->Democratic Candidates in 2008 Houston Judicial Races
11          Judge Mark Davidson (-2008)  | Mike Miller (2009)
55          Judge Dion Ramos (elected November 2008 in race for unexpired term)
55          Judge Jeff Brown aka Jeffrey Vincent Brown (now an appellate judge)
55          Judge Jeffrey A. Shadwick (appointed January 2, 2008) | Dion Ramos (2009-)
61          Judge John Donovan (-2008) | Al Bennet (2009-)
80          Judge Lynn M. Bradshaw-Hull (-2008) | Larry Weiman (2009)
80           Judge Kent Sullivan (former district judge, now Justice Sullivan on 14thCoA)
113         Judge Patricia Ann Hancock
125         Judge John A. Coselli (-2008) | Kyle Carter (2009-)
127         Judge Sharolyn P. Wood (-2008) | R. K. Sandill (2009-)
129         Judge S. Grant Dorfman (-2008) | Michael Gomez (2009-)
133         Judge Lamar McCorkle (-2008) | Jaclanel McFarland (2009-)
151         Judge Caroline E. Baker (-2008) | Mike Engelhart (2009-)
152         Judge Kenneth P. Wise aka Ken Wise (-2008) | Robert Schaffer (2009)
157         Judge Randy Wilson aka Randall William Wilson (-2008)
164         Judge Martha Hill Jamison (-2008) | Alexandra Smoots-Hogan (2009-)
165         Judge Elizabeth Ray (-2008) | Josefina Muniz Rendon (2009-)
189         Judge Bill Burke
190         Judge Patricia Jean Kerrigan (appointed 2007, elected 2008, voted out)
190         Judge Jennifer Elrod aka Jennifer Walker Elrod (former)
215         Judge Levi Benton (-2008) | Steven E. Kirkland (2009-)
234         Judge Reece Rondon aka Mauricio Rondon (-2008)
234         Judge Bruce Oakley (former judge of this court)
269         Judge Daniel E. Hinde (appointed by Gov. Rick Perry in 2008)
269         Judge John T. Wooldridge (resigned Aug. 2008)
270         Judge Brent C. Gamble
280         Judge Tony D. Lindsay
281         Judge Sylvia A. Matthews (appointed by the Governor in 2008)
281         Judge David Bernal aka David Jorge Bernal (resigned Aug. 2008)
295         Judge Tracy E. Christopher
333         Judge Joseph James Halbach Jr (re-elected 2008).
334         Judge Sharon McCally (re-elected 2008)

HARRIS COUNTY FAMILY LAW CENTER
Family District Courts with Names of Presiding Judges

245th District Court     Judge Annette Kuntz (p/k/a Galik)
246th District Court     Judge Jim York
247th District Court     Judge Bonnie Crane Hellums
257th District Court     Judge Judy Warne
308th District Court     Judge Georgia Dempster
309th District Court     Judge Frank Rynd
310th District Court     Judge Lisa Millard
311th District Court     Judge Doug Warne
312th District Court     Robert Hinojosa (took bench in 2009, elected 2008)
312th District Court     Judge David Farr (former appointed judge 2008, voted out)
312th District Court     Judge James D. Squier (resigned, replaced by Farr)

HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DISTRICT COURTS

313th District Court        Patrick Scott Shelton (Pat)
314th District Court        John Franklin Philip
315th District Court        Mike H. Schneider, Jr.
Also see: Juvenile Court Cases (Appeals)
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