SAN ANTONIO CRIMINAL LAWYER
TRIALS, SENTENCINGS, AND APPEALS
STATE AND FEDERAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE

Judge
The Honorable David Peeples
Judge David Peeples has been the Presiding Judge of the Fourth Administrative Judicial Region of Texas since 1996. He has served as judge of the 285th District Court (1981-1988), justice on the Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio (1988-1994), and judge of the 224th District Court (1995-2004). In September 2004 he stepped down from the active bench, and he now sits by assignment as a senior judge.

Judge David Peeples attended Austin College and the University of Texas School of Law, where he was a Note and Comment Editor on the Texas Law Review. He has served since 1993 on the Texas Supreme Court Advisory Committee, and served two terms as a Texas Commissioner to the National Conference of Commissioners on the Uniform State Laws. He chairs the Multi-District Litigation panel of Texas and also teaches civil procedure and torts at St. Mary’s University School of Law. He and his wife Emily are the parents of three adult children.

Phone Number:
210 335-0466
Fax Number:
210 335-3955

Mailing Address:
Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa

Judge
David A. Berchelmann

Phone Number:
210 335-2515

Fax Number:
210 335-0595

Mailing Address:

37th District Court
Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa, 4th floor
San Antonio, Texas 78205

Judge
Barbara Hanson Nellermoe

Barbara Nellermoe was elected to the bench in November 2002 to a four-year term effective January 1, 2003. She previously served as corporate counsel for Clear Channel Communications, focusing on employment matters, as an administrator at the law school, as staff attorney to Chief Justice Alma L. Lopez, and as law clerk to three federal district court judges. For ten years she engaged in private practice, representing clients in environmental, banking, securities, and other types of commercial litigation.

Contact Us:
45th District Court
Bexar County Courthouse, 2nd floor
100 Dolorosa
San Antonio, Texas 78205

Telephone: 210-335-2507
Fax: 210-335-1317
email: clerk45@co.bexar.tx.us

Staff
Deputy District Clerk
Larry Garcia 210-335-2507 clerk45@co.bexar.tx.us

Official Court Reporter
Teri Thomas Nunley 210-335-1323 tthomas@beecreek.net

Bailiff
Carl Veith 210-335-3106

Judge
Joe Frazier Brown, Jr.

Phone Number:
210 335-2531
Fax Number:
210 335-0595

Mailing Address:
57th District Court
Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa, 4th floor
San Antonio, Texas 78205

Judge
Andy Mireles

Public Offices Held:

1989-Present
73rd District Court Judge
Bexar County, San Antonio, Texas

Education:
1964-1968
High School: St. John's Seminary
1972
St. Mary's University; B.A. with Honors
1975
St. Mary's School of Law; J.D. with Honors

Bexar County Courthouse,4th floor
100 Dolorosa
San Antonio, Texas 78205

Telephone: 210-335-2523
Fax: 210-335-1008
email: mireles@co.bexar.tx.us

Staff
Deputy District Clerk
Roxanne Huron 210-335-2523
Clerk73@co.bexar.tx.us

Official Court Reporter
Luis Duran Jr.210-335-2518

Bailiff
Reuben Rendon
210-335-2523

Bailiff
Sheila Sorola
210-335-2523

Judge
John D. Gabriel

131st District Court

Phone Number:
210 335-2521
Fax Number:
210 335-2092

Mailing Address:
131st District Court
Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa, 4th floor
San Antonio, Texas 78205

Judge
Mark R. Luitjen

State District Judge, 144th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas. Elected November, 1998. Judge Luitjen attended the St. Mary´s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in May 1980. Before he was elected as a district judge he practiced law as a private attorney and was a prosecutor for the Bexar County District Attorney's Office.

Judge
Janet Littlejohn

Judge Littlejohn was elected in 1994. Her administrative duties include Chairman of the Facilities Committee which manages all the facilities of the Juvenile Probation Department. She is a member of the State Bar College as well as various local and statewide organizations. She has served on the faculty of the Advanced Family Law Seminar in 1997 and 2001 and the College for New Judges from 1996-Present.



Judge Littlejohn graduated from Baylor University with a B.B in Mathematics and Political Science. She received her law degree from South Texas College of Law in 1979. Her first year out of law school, she worked as a Briefing Attorney for Justice Fred Klingeman in the Fourth Court of Appeals. She was a lawyer in private practice for 14 years before her election to the bench.

150th District Court
Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa, 4th floor
San Antonio, Texas 78205

210 335-2533

Fax Number:
210 335-3264

e-mail Address:
jlittlejohn@co.bexar.tx.us

Staff
Court Clerk:
Shirley Myers 210 335-2533

Court Reporter:
Victoria Gwynn 210 335-2570

Judge Martha Tanner

Formerly, a practicing attorney for 23 years with extensive trial experience. Reputation for conducting a fair and honest trial. Strong financial management skills. Positive, hardworking and an excellent communicator. Reputation for ability and fairness in community, resulting in cases solved quickly with least expense to clients.

EXPERIENCE
Marriage License Clerk, Bexar County Clerk’s Office under Jimmy Knight – San Antonio, TX
Probate Clerk, Bexar County Clerk’s Office under Jimmy Knight – San Antonio, TX
Legal Secretary, Joseph Dibrell, Attorney – Seguin, TX
Legal Secretary, Charles W. Grace, Attorney – San Antonio, TX
Martha B. Tanner, P.C., Attorney at Law – San Antonio, TX – 1968 to April 1992

Managed own law firm plus the financial administrative function for a law office of up to five (5) lawyers. Lawyer for a variety of cases, with emphasis in family law. Worked closely with people in District Courts and District Clerk’s Office.

Appointed to 166th District Court in April 1992. Judge of 166th to date.

Incarnate Word College – San Antonio, TX 1960-1961

St. Mary’s University – San Antonio, TX 1961-1964

Doctor of Jurisprudence, St. Mary’s University School of Law 1964-1968

BEXAR COUNTY COURTHOUSE
100 DOLOROSA, 4TH FLOOR
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 78205
(210) 335 – 2501

Judge
Mary Roman

State District Judge, 175th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas. Elected November, 1992. First Hispanic woman elected in a county wide race as a district in Bexar County. Judge Roman attended the St. Mary´s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas and received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in May 1984. Before she was elected as a district judge she practiced law as a private attorney and was a prosecutor for the Bexar County District Attorney's Office

Judge Maria Teresa (Tessa) Herr

State District Judge, 186th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas. was Elected for a four year term starting January 1, 2003 . Before she was a district judge she practiced law as a prosecutor in the Bexar County District Attorney's Office.

Judge Herr also serves as Presiding Judge of the Felony Drug Court

Judge
Maria Teresa Herr

mherr@co.bexar.tx.us

(210) 335-2505

Drug Court Administration:

Kathy English

Drug Court Coordinator

kenglish@co.bexar.tx.us

(210) 335-2637

Judge Raymond Angelini

State District Judge, 187th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas. Elected November 1994. Judge Angelini attended the St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in 1975. After receiving his law degree, he practiced law as a prosecutor in the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office, where he served as a felony first chair prosecutor and Chief of the Juvenile section. He also practiced law as a private attorney, and is Board Certified in Criminal Law.

Judge
Rene Diaz

Phone Number:
210 335-2132

Fax Number:
210 335-2833

Mailing Address:

224th District Court, 4th Floor
Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa
San Antonio, Texas 78205

Judge John J. Specia Jr.

Phone Number:
210 335-2233

Fax Number:
210 335-3950

Mailing Address:

225th District Court
Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa, 2nd floor
San Antonio, Texas 78205

Judge Sid L. Harle

State District Judge, 226th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas. Apointed by Honorable William Clements, Governor State of Texas, August, 1988 and was Elected November, 1988.

Judge Harle attended the St. Mary´s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas and received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in December 1980. Before he took the bench he was Chief Municipal Prosecutor for the City of Hill Country Village, practiced law as a private attorney and was a prosecutor for the Bexar County District Attorney's Office.

Judge
Philip Kazen

State District Judge, 227th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas. Elected November, 1999. Judge Kazen attended the St. Mary´s University School of Law in San Antonio, Texas and received his law degree in 1986. Before he was elected as a district judge he practiced law as a prosecutor for the Bexar County District Attorney's Office.

Judge
Michael Peden

Phone Number:
210 335-2086

Mailing Address:

285th District Court
Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa, 3rd floor
San Antonio, Texas 78205

Judge
Lori Massey

Phone Number:
210 335-2663

Mailing Address:
288th District Court
The Honorable Lori Massey
Bexar County Courthouse, 2nd Floor
100 Dolorosa
San Antonio, Texas 78205

Judge Carmen Kelsey

Phone Number:
210 531-1185

Fax Number:
210 531-1174

Mailing Address:

289th District Court
235 E. Mitchell
San Antonio, Texas 78210

Judge
Sharon Macrae

State District Judge, 290th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas. Appointed February, 1989. Judge MacRae attended the University of Virginia Law School in Charlottesville, Virginia.

After receiving her law degree she practiced law as a prosecutor in the Bexar County District Attorney's Office and was the first woman to be named chief prosecutor in a felony court. Judge MacRae also Practiced law as a private attorney.

Judge

Bert Richardson

State District Judge, 379th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas. Appointed by Honorable George W. Bush, Governor of the State of Texas, September 1, 1999, and was elected November 2000. He obtained his undergraduate degree from Brigham Young University and his law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1987. Before being appointed to the bench he served in numerous sections (appeals, juvenile, general felony) in the Bexar County District Attorney’s Office as an intern and prosecutor and is Board Certified in Criminal Law. He was an Assistant United States Attorney from 1998 until his appointment in 1999.

Judge Richardson teaches Trial Advocacy at St. Mary’s University School of Law and has taught Criminal Procedure and Legal Research and Writing at San Antonio College. He served a two year mission for his church in Argentina and is fluent in Spanish. An avid photographer, his photographs appear in numerous publications and websites across the country.

Judge
Laura Parker

Phone Number:
210 531-1055

Fax Number:
210 531-1059

Mailing Address:

386th District Court
235 E. Mitchell
San Antonio, Texas 78210

Judge
Juanita Vasquez-Gardner

State District Judge, 399th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas. Appointed by Honorable George W. Bush, Governor State of Texas, September 1, 2000 and was Elected November, 2000.

Judge Vasquez-Gardner attended the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, Texas and received her Doctor of Jurisprudence degree in May 1989. Before she was a district judge she practiced law as a prosecutor in the Bexar County District Attorney's Office.

Judge
Karen Pozza

Karen Pozza has served as Judge of the 407th District Court since January of 2001. Prior to her service on the bench, she was in the private practice of law focusing on civil litigation.

Judge Pozza earned a B.A. in finance and economics from Baylor University in 1986 and graduated from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 1991. In law school, Judge Pozza served as Associate Editor of the St. Mary’s Law Journal and was a member of Phi Delta Phi legal honor society.

Judge Pozza serves on the boards of Community Justice Foundation, Child Guidance Center, Alternative Dispute Resolution Center and the Bexar County Juvenile Board. She is also President of the San Antonio Bar Association where she is co-founder and co-chair of the Community Justice Program.

Judge Pozza is a member of the San Antonio Bar Foundation, the Texas Bar Foundation, the William S. Sessions American Inn of Court, the College of the State Bar of the Texas and the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association.

Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa
San Antonio, Texas 78205
(210) 335-2462

Court Staff
Court Clerk: Bonnie Banks (335-2462)
Court Reporter: Tracy Ray (335-2895)
Bailiff: Officer Joe Espinosa (335-3462)

Judge
Richard Price

Phone Number:
210 335-2831

Mailing Address:

408th District Court
Bexar County Courthouse
100 Dolorosa, 2nd floor
San Antonio, Texas 78205