Montgomery Court Watch

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Every attorney and judge in the records, on one page

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 below and every court-specific column follows it: . "Cases before Judge Scharlene Valdez (CCL 6)" 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.

Attorneys

AttorneyCases on fileFiled 2021+Cases before Judge Scharlene Valdez (CCL 6)Share of their casesExpected share derivedDecided, all courts pulledFavorable derivedUnfavorable derivedDecided in Judge Scharlene Valdez (CCL 6)Favorable there derived
Bays, James891263166%11%31857%3%1331%
Owens, Travis300200189%12%24542%4%1443%
Cuellar, Alyssa363539%13%3364%3%
Dockery, Christy523326%12%2941%17%
Rolon, Rachael282514%9%2040%15%
Huynh, Tom282300%1%2055%15%
Sacaciu, Olimpia532300%1%3863%5%
Elliott, Paula241000%7%100%0%

"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 4,349 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.

AttorneyCasesFor plaintiffsFor defendantsMost common case typeDecidedFavorable or likelyUnfavorableSettled or withdrawnUnknownFavorable rate derived
Pro Se36331332Consumer/Commercial Debt31320417563665%
Olen Manning, III1851850Consumer/Commercial Debt1674388112526%
Thomas M. Sellers1321320Consumer/Commercial Debt1273628204328%
Matthew W Cooper96960Consumer/Commercial Debt951232114013%
Carl Smart91910Consumer/Commercial Debt872726142031%
Michael A Moss79790Consumer/Commercial Debt5482491315%
Paula K. Pitter68680Consumer/Commercial Debt601255292%
Michael W Weston61061Consumer/Commercial Debt5737117265%
Jasmine Lewis58571Consumer/Commercial Debt58536899%
Johnetta Lang56560Consumer/Commercial Debt5611325820%
ALESHIA HUFFMAN55550Consumer/Commercial Debt402188125%
Trevon Watson52520Consumer/Commercial Debt52201113838%
Monica Zavala52520Consumer/Commercial Debt425218812%
Jonathon Johnson51051Consumer/Commercial Debt3824012263%
Jennings Kennady49490Consumer/Commercial Debt412176165%
Ross Brendel48480Consumer/Commercial Debt450214200%
Lakia N Baldwin47470Consumer/Commercial Debt437295216%
Dan G Young44440Consumer/Commercial Debt368451922%
Jessica Olsen-Zhang43430Consumer/Commercial Debt412155195%
W. "Will" Rutledge42420Consumer/Commercial Debt359118726%
Jody D. Jenkins40400Consumer/Commercial Debt3710162927%
Mitchell M. Murphy36351Real Property61014
James Heston35035Consumer/Commercial Debt312109168%
Eric Dick35350Consumer/Commercial Debt194501021%
L. Donnell Cowart35350Consumer/Commercial Debt35324359%
Brett T. Osborn32320Consumer/Commercial Debt31119563%
Samantha Morgan32320Consumer/Commercial Debt301114143%
Mark Sexton31310Consumer/Commercial Debt2610103338%
Luchiana Kirsch29290Consumer/Commercial Debt18161106%
Todd Hinds28280Consumer/Commercial Debt28223217%
Bennie D Rush28226Real Property50005
Mark A. Rechner27270Consumer/Commercial Debt18731739%
Pablo Jose Abdiel Escobedo Valdes27270Consumer/Commercial Debt260105110%
Kevin A Forsberg261610Motor Vehicle Accident257110728%
Samantha Razo25250Consumer/Commercial Debt74120
Marie C Trefethern24240Consumer/Commercial Debt19116025%
Keydra Cherrelle Jones23230Consumer/Commercial Debt23116334%
Richard A McKinney22220Other Contract205051025%
Kelli Brown22220Consumer/Commercial Debt18112326%
Tabitha Haynes21210Consumer/Commercial Debt21982243%
Colin Patrick Brogan21210Consumer/Commercial Debt203611015%
Lawrence J. Falli21210Consumer/Commercial Debt215131224%
Jessica R. Lobes21210Other Injury or Damage216211229%
Stephen E. Garner20200Motor Vehicle Accident182001611%
Alexander Scott Chamales20200Consumer/Commercial Debt72203
John P Baker20200Real Property00000

Court-wide, all attorneys: favorable or likely 1,788, unfavorable 1,259, settled or withdrawn 648, unknown 1,464. 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-ccl6-2021-2026/details.csv · every civil case filed 2021–2026 that sits in the court; attorneys from the party blocks of each register of actions.

Judges

JudgeFees approved FY25–26Distinct appointeesTop 12 shareLargest appointeeAppointees who also appear as contributors in this judge's own campaign reports
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)
Santini, V$147,6622875%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$24,8686100%Kemp, Jeffery $6,000no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Grant, P$21,4714100%Elliott, Wendy $17,833no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Gilbert, T$19,24411100%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$14,0197100%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
Maginnis, P$7,2753100%Elliott, Wendy $4,275no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Hamilton, K$5,7484100%Elliot, Wendy $2,312no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Baker, J$3,6494100%Staples, Jeffrey $1,679no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Norsworthy, K$3,3452100%Whittemore, Nancy $2,700no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Durst, J$3,1903100%Beck, Christopher $1,360no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Wonderly, S$2,1401100%Hill, LeeAnne $2,140no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Valdez, S$1,8401100%Whittemore, Nancy $1,840no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Moreland, C$4101100%McDougal, K $410no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Walker, J$00—% $0no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Laird, C$00—% $0no state campaign reports pulled for this judge
Williams, J$00—% $0no state campaign reports pulled for this judge

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.