Harris County District Courts & Federal Trial / Appellate Courts
Civil Courts in Houston — Harris County, Texas
in which a Personal Injury Lawyer would file a lawsuit
If you live in Houston and want to file a lawsuit, your Houston Personal Injury Attorney will know in which of these courts your case should be filed.
CIVIL DISTRICT COURTS:
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Harris County 11th Civil District Court
Harris County 55th Civil District Court
Harris County 61st Civil District Court
Harris County 80th Civil District Court
Harris County 113th Civil District Court
Harris County 125th Civil District Court
Harris County 127th Civil District Court
Harris County 129th Civil District Court
Harris County 133rd Civil District Court
Harris County 151st Civil District Court
Harris County 152nd Civil District Court
Harris County 157th Civil District Court
Harris County 164th Civil District Court |
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Harris County 165th Civil District Court
Harris County 189th Civil District Court
Harris County 190th Civil District Court
Harris County 215th Civil District Court
Harris County 234th Civil District Court
Harris County 269th Civil District Court
Harris County 270th Civil District Court
Harris County 281st Civil District Court
Harris County 295th Civil District Court
Harris County 333rd Civil District Court
Harris County 334th Civil District Court
Harris County Multi-District Litigation Civil Court |
The Civil District Courts for Houston and Harris County are located at:
Harris County Civil Courthouse
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Harris County Civil Courts at Law:
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Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 1
Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2 |
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Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 3
Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 4 |
The Civil Courts at Law for Harris County are located at:
Harris County Civil Courthouse
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If there was a Wrongful Death and Survivorship lawsuit and there was an Estate proceeding established in the Harris County Probate Courts, then a Houston wrongful death lawyer could file it in:
PROBATE COURTS:
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Harris County Probate Court No. 1
Harris County Probate Court No. 2 |
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Harris County Probate Court No. 3
Harris County Probate Court No. 4 |
The Probate Courts for Harris County are located at:
Harris County Civil Courthouse
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If you are seeking an appeal from a civil case, it will be filed in one of these appellate courts:
STATE INTERMEDIATE APPELLATE COURTS:
Texas Courts of Appeals
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Court of Appeals for the First District of Texas
County Coverage: |
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Court of Appeals for the Fourteenth District of Texas
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The State Intermediate Appellate Courts for Harris County are located at:
1307 San Jacinto Street, Floors 10 & 11
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Harris County is under the jurisdiction of both the 1st and 14th Courts of Appeal and the selection is random for which Appellate Court will handle the personal injury lawyer's appellate issue.
Finally, if you wish to appeal a civil decision from the appellate courts you will file it in:
FINAL APPELLATE:
The Supreme Court of Texas
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Physical Address: |
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Mailing Address: |
Contact by Telephone/Fax
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Chief Justice Wallace B. JeffersonJustice Nathan L. HechtJustice Dale WainwrightJustice David MedinaJustice Paul W. Green |
Justice Phil JohnsonJustice Don R. WillettJustice Eva GuzmanJustice Debra Lehrmann |
If your civil suit involves a person who lives out-of-state, or if there is diversity or a “federal question,” then a personal injury lawsuit can be filed in:
United States District Court
The Southern District of Texas - Houston Division
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After hours emergency number (832) 215-8626
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JUDGES:
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Chief Judge Ricardo H. Hinojosa
Judge Micaela Alvarez
Judge Nancy S. Atlas
Judge Randy Crane
Judge Keith Ellison
Judge Vanessa Gilmore
Judge Andrew S. Hanen
Judge Melinda Harmon
Judge Hayden Head
Judge David Hittner |
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Judge Kenneth M. Hoyt
Judge Lynn N. Hughes
Judge Janis Graham Jack
Judge George P. Kazen
Judge Sim Lake
Judge Gray Miller
Judge John D. Rainey
Judge Lee H. Rosenthal
Judge Diana Saldaña
Judge Hilda G. Tagle
Judge Ewing Werlein, Jr. |
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Please download a list of all Houston Division Federal Judges and Clerks. The Houston Division covers the following Texas Counties:
Austin, Brazos, Colorado, Fayette, Ft. Bend, Grimes, |
If you wished to appeal from one of the trial courts in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas - Houston Division, you would appeal to the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals located in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
600 South Maestri Place
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130-3408
(504) 310-7700
The Judges in the Fifth Circuit are:
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Edith H. Jones, Chief Judge
Carolyn Dineen King
E. Grady Jolly
W. Eugene Davis
Jerry E. Smith
Emilio M. Garza
Fortunato P. Benavides
Carl E. Stewart
James L. Dennis
Edith Brown Clement
Edward C. Prado |
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Priscilla R. Owen
Jennifer Walker Elrod
Leslie H. Southwick
Catharina Haynes Senior Judges:
Thomas M. Reavley
Will Garwood
Patrick E. Higginbotham
Jacques L. Wiener, Jr.
Rhesa H. Barksdale
Harold R. DeMoss, Jr. |
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Opinions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit States that make up the 5th Circuit are Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. |
If you wished to appeal from the 5th Circuit, you would file a Writ of Certiorari with:
The United States Supreme Court
Washington, D.C.
Contact information for the Supreme Court of the United States and its Justices:
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Clerk's Office: (202) 479-3011 |
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Supreme Court of the United States |
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The chambers of the Supreme Court Justices are located mainly on the second floor of the Supreme Court building, with the exception of Justice Ginsburg's third floor chambers. Their individual chambers are not available to the public, and no direct phone line to a Justice exists for the public. The Justices may be contacted only via traditional mail. The nine Justices and the preferred way to address a letter are listed below. |
Chief Justice John G. Roberts
Address correspondence to: Justice Antonin Scalia
Address correspondence to: Justice Anthony M. Kennedy
Address correspondence to: Justice Clarence Thomas
Address correspondence to: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg
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Justice Stephen G. Breyer
Address correspondence to: Justice Samuel Anthony Alito
Address correspondence to: Justice Sonia Sotomayor
Address correspondence to: Justice Elena Kagan
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Read the latest United States Supreme Court Slip Opinions |
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