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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 of County Court at Law # 2) CCCL#3 Hon. Linda Storey CCCL#3 Hon. Lynn Bradshaw-Hull (former judge of Couny Court at Law No. 3) CCCL#4 Hon. Roberta Anne Lloyd HARRIS COUNTY PROBATE COURTS (see --> PROBATE COURT CASES) Probate Court No. 1: Judge Georgia Akers (former) | 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 2010 Judicial Races | Harris County GOP's 2010 Primary Candidates | 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 Jan. 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 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) 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 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 Perry in 2008) 281 Judge David Bernal aka David Jorge Bernal (resigned Aug. 2008) 295 Judge Tracy E. Christopher (former)(now a justice on the 14th CoA) 295 Judge Caroline Baker (appointed by Gov. Rick Perry Dec. 2009) 333 Judge Joseph James Halbach Jr (re-elected 2008). 334 Judge Sharon McCally (re-elected 2008) Harris County District Clerk Loren Jackson ordered to grant same-day access to petitions in newly-filed district court suits: See --> Preliminary Injunction Order by USDC Judge Melinda Harmon in COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE V. LOREN JACKSON (7/20) by clicking this link. HARRIS COUNTY FAMILY LAW CENTER Family District Courts with Names of Presiding Judges
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 (elected 2008, took bench in Jan. 2009) 312th District Court David Farr (former appointed judge, voted out in 2008) 312th District Court Judge James D. Squier (resigned and replaced by Farr) 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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