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What this page is. Public records, each with its source, retrieval time and file hash. It does not suggest or imply that any person or entity has engaged in illegal or improper conduct. Many people and entities have the same or similar names; open the source before relying on a match. Figures marked derived are computed from the records by the rule on the Method page and are not findings. Corrections.

Same rules applied to everyone. Pick a court and every court-specific column follows it: . "Cases before Judge Vince Santini (457th)" counts an attorney's cases that sit in that court today; "expected share" is what their case mix would produce if it followed the county-wide distribution for those case types. Favorable rate is the direction proxy described on the Method page, over decided cases only.

Sort by observed − expected to see who appears in Judge Vince Santini (457th) more than their own case mix predicts. A positive number is not a finding; it is the question to open the case list with.

Attorneys

8 of 8 rows
Cuellar, Alyssa36353291%41%+50 pts3364%3%
Bays, James89126323690%42%+48 pts31857%3%182
Huynh, Tom2823522%14%+8 pts2055%15%2
Owens, Travis3002008342%39%+3 pts24542%4%71
Sacaciu, Olimpia5323313%14%-1 pts3863%5%
Dockery, Christy5233515%18%-3 pts2941%17%
Rolon, Rachael2825416%19%-3 pts2040%15%2
Elliott, Paula2410330%46%-16 pts100%0%
total 1,412total 612total 371median +1 ptstotal 713total 257

"Decided, all courts pulled" needs each of the attorney's own case pages, which have been pulled for Bays and Cuellar so far (the rest are being pulled). The two right-hand columns come from the whole-court pull of the 457th and are filled for everyone who appears there; rates show at 10 or more decided cases. Attorneys listed here were pulled by name; this is not every lawyer in the county.

Every attorney of record before , 2021–2026

All 12,626 civil cases filed since 2021 that sit in this court, every attorney named in them, same direction proxy for everyone. This is the denominator the rows above are compared against: not a hand-picked set of lawyers, but the whole docket. derived Direction is a proxy read from the register of actions, not a finding of who won; see Method.

129 of 129 rows
Carol Barton134201342Real Property121613311078411%
Clemetric Frazier8128120Real Property654045421080%
Pro Se740131609Consumer/Commercial Debt6393245114112351%
J. C. Jamison2422420Foreclosure22411928324553%
Matthew W Cooper2352350Consumer/Commercial Debt2358723289737%
J. Randal Bays218105113Real Property182994176254%
Christopher J. Archambault1971934Foreclosure192688585835%
Olen Manning, III1851850Consumer/Commercial Debt1736257233136%
Patrick Scott1441440Motor Vehicle Accident12315189912%
Male White1232796Related to Crim1193835331332%
Thomas M. Sellers1131130Consumer/Commercial Debt1133425124230%
Michael A Moss1071070Consumer/Commercial Debt752117172028%
Bryan Patrick Fowler100937Foreclosure95276204228%
Carl Smart85850Consumer/Commercial Debt831826122722%
Chidi Oha82820Contract Consumer/Commercial/Debt <$100,000 incl. damages823113162238%
Travis Owens815130Real Property7127583138%
Sarah B. Gerdes79790Foreclosure Home Equity7440791854%
Jasmine Necole Cooks71710Consumer/Commercial Debt71416121258%
Melissa McLain66660Foreclosure62172103327%
Michael W Weston66066Consumer/Commercial Debt6236021558%
Kevin A Forsberg654619Motor Vehicle Accident58153122826%
Paula K. Pitter64640Consumer/Commercial Debt62132252221%
Jasmine Lewis64604Consumer/Commercial Debt6222342435%
James D Hannagan62620Real Property59005810%
Johnetta Lang59590Consumer/Commercial Debt5910346917%
K. Clifford Littlefield59590Foreclosure5627222548%
Brent A Lane59590Foreclosure Home Equity59221415837%
Sarah Y-Nhi Huynh58580Motor Vehicle Accident432112285%
Chad T. Wilson56560Other Contract27250207%
ALESHIA HUFFMAN55550Consumer/Commercial Debt4312491828%
Richard J Presutti54540Motor Vehicle Accident45353347%
Monica Zavala54540Consumer/Commercial Debt4513761929%
David K Mestemaker52457Motor Vehicle Accident468842617%
Brandi J Croffie52520Foreclosure52150162129%
James Heston50050Consumer/Commercial Debt4622021348%
Jennings Kennady49490Consumer/Commercial Debt40812101020%
Mark Sexton47470Consumer/Commercial Debt462486852%
Dan G Young46460Consumer/Commercial Debt3717361146%
Jonathon Johnson46046Consumer/Commercial Debt4025114062%
Sam C. Webb46460Real Property41003920%
Brett T. Osborn46460Consumer/Commercial Debt3952311013%
Thi "Nina" Tran-Moraw46451Foreclosure4115081837%
Jody D. Jenkins45450Consumer/Commercial Debt3914671236%
W. "Will" Rutledge45450Consumer/Commercial Debt41108101324%
Mark A. Rechner44440Consumer/Commercial Debt3613541436%
Lakia N Baldwin44440Consumer/Commercial Debt416274415%
Whitney Abbott42420Consumer/Commercial Debt4216261838%
John Papapavlou42420Motor Vehicle Accident34040300%
Chief Appraiser, Sherry Hunter,42042Real Property44000—
Male Black41437Related to Crim3671314219%
total 8,740total 5,606total 3,134total 7,630total 2,258total 826total 2,724total 1,822median 32%
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Court-wide, all attorneys: favorable or likely 6,278, unfavorable 2,001, settled or withdrawn 3,925, unknown 4,790. Direction proxy from side + final disposition + nonsuit text, identical to the attorney pages. Cases where the attorney appears for both sides, or as a non-party, are excluded. Rates are shown only at 10 or more decided cases. Source: odyssey-details-457th-2021-2026/details.csv · every civil case filed 2021–2026 that sits in the court; attorneys from the party blocks of each register of actions.

Judges

24 of 24 rows
Tucker, A$705,6972786%Hill, LeeAnne $84,889no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Laird, C$692,1703871%Rice, Colleen $86,888no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Bays, K$434,6704155%Rolon, Rachael $33,504
Owens, Travis · fees $28,801 · gave $250.00 on 11/30/2015 (report 100610384); $250.00 on 11/30/2015 (report 100619081)
Ball, Maureen · fees $18,114 · gave $100.00 on 06/29/2021 (report 100814761); $60.00 on 03/27/2018 (report 100703306)
Sacaciu, Olimpia · fees $15,500 · gave $100.00 on 06/12/2018 (report 100703306)
Seiler, Michael · fees $15,010 · gave $50.00 on 10/13/2025 (report 101011640)
Griffin, Robert · fees $10,381 · gave $25.00 on 10/13/2025 (report 101011640); $250.00 on 05/24/2018 (report 100703306)
Riley, J$401,4412987%Ball, Maureen $65,939no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Valdez, S$157,8633979%Brown, Kristy $25,934no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Santini, V$147,6623675%Elliott, Paula $25,300
Elliott, Paula · fees $25,300 · gave $2,500.00 on 08/22/2023 (report 100930220); $100.00 on 03/01/2021 (report 100818707)
Tough, Bruce · fees $5,500 · gave $2,500.00 on 10/03/2023 (report 100930220); $1,000.00 on 03/03/2021 (report 100818707); $1,000.00 on 10/09/2020 (report 100798879); $1,000.00 on 10/09/2020 (report 100809338); $1,000.00 on 10/09/2020 (report 100798879); $1,000.00 on 10/09/2020 (report 100809338); $1,000.00 on 10/09/2020 (report 100798879); $1,000.00 on 10/09/2020 (report 100809338); $631.63 on 10/01/2020 (report 100798879); $631.63 on 10/01/2020 (report 100809338); $631.63 on 10/01/2020 (report 100798879); $631.63 on 10/01/2020 (report 100809338); $631.63 on 10/01/2020 (report 100798879); $631.63 on 10/01/2020 (report 100809338)
Davis, Shanna · fees $4,400 · gave $250.00 on 11/02/2023 (report 100930220); $150.00 on 10/09/2020 (report 100798879); $150.00 on 10/09/2020 (report 100809338)
Robin, J$25,00316100%Kemp, Jeffery $6,000
Cantoni, Michelle · fees $60 · gave $50.00 on 01/20/2016 (report 100620498)
Grant, P$21,47110100%Elliott, Wendy $17,833no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Gilbert, T$20,19231100%Whittemore, Nancy $5,075
Kemp, Jeff · fees $2,094 · gave $500.00 on 10/25/2011 (report 515364); $300.00 on 07/29/2008 (report 400233); $300.00 on 07/29/2008 (report 420408); $100.00 on 02/22/2008 (report 365925); $100.00 on 02/22/2008 (report 420401)
Hill, LeeAnne · fees $1,115 · gave $150.00 on 05/03/2012 (report 530285); $150.00 on 05/03/2012 (report 530285); $100.00 on 08/06/2008 (report 400233); $100.00 on 08/06/2008 (report 420408); $100.00 on 08/06/2008 (report 400233); $100.00 on 08/06/2008 (report 420408)
Leal-Hudson, R$16,89910100%Staples, Jeffrey $5,659no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Michalk, L$13,1895100%Elliott, Wendy $6,125no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Espejel, A$8,9557100%Wendy, Dr. $2,550no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Baker, J$7,9315100%Staples, Jeffrey $2,931no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Maginnis, P$7,27511100%Elliott, Wendy $4,275no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Hamilton, K$5,7485100%Elliot, Wendy $2,312no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
McDonald, P$4,6702100%Cantoni, Michelle $2,895no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Durst, J$4,2205100%Beck, Christopher $1,360no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Winfree, J$3,5701100%Garcia, Debra $3,570no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Norsworthy, K$3,34525100%Whittemore, Nancy $2,700no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Wonderly, S$2,1403100%Hill, LeeAnne $2,140no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Seiler, K$47510100%Martinez, Esteban $475no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Moreland, C$4101100%McDougal, K $410no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Williams, J$01—Davis, Shanna $0no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Walker, J$02—Wendy, Dr. $0no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
total $2,684,996median 10median 100%

Appointment data: Office of Court Administration FY2025–FY2026 detail sheets. Contributor matches are name matches inside the judge's own Texas Ethics Commission reports; open the report number to confirm the person.