Rabeea Sultan Collier
District Judge · 113th District Court
High confidence· verified August 22, 2026
District Judge · 113th District Court
What applies in this courtroom
185 verified requirements may apply in this courtroom, by layer: 1 published by Judge Rabeea Sultan Collier · 170 county-wide · 3 region-wide · 11 statewide — with 9 rule deadlines across those layers. Only the judge's own rules are specific to this courtroom; the other layers apply by court, county and state scope, and a court- or case-specific order can displace them.
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District Judge — 113th District Court, Harris County
Judge Rabeea Sultan Collier, a native Houstonian, serves as Presiding Judge of the 113th District Court and as Administrative Judge for the Civil Division of the Harris County District Courts, a position to which she was elected by her fellow judges. First elected to the bench in 2018 and re-elected in 2022, she is double Board Certified in Civil Trial Law and Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and has presided over more than 85 jury trials.
Judge Collier served as President of the Texas Association of District Judges (2024–2025) and now serves as immediate past President, representing more than 500 district judges statewide. From 2021 to 2024, she chaired the Jury Committee for the Board of District Judges, overseeing jury operations for more than 80 courts in Harris County, and co-chaired the judiciary’s COVID Response Judicial Task Force.
She has contributed to judicial education and legal scholarship through the Texas Center for the Judiciary’s Curriculum Committee and as Editor of the Civil Trial Section of the Texas Bench Book (2022, 2024, and forthcoming 2026). She also serves as Judicial Liaison to the 2025–2026 Board of Directors of the Houston Young Lawyers Association and has served on the boards of the Asian American Bar Association of Houston and the Houston Association of Women Attorneys.
Her honors include the Jurist of the Year Award from the Texas Chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates (2021), the Lois Prestage Woods Legacy of Justice Award from Texas Southern University Thurgood Marshall School of Law Alumni Association (2022), the Distinguished Member Award from the South Asian Bar Association of Houston, and the Houston Bar Association President’s Award (2024).
Judge Collier earned a B.A. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin and a J.D. from Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law.
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Appeals from this courtroom go to the First Court of Appeals or the Fourteenth Court of Appeals.
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This county lies in the district the First and Fourteenth Courts of Appeals share; new appeals are assigned between them by random draw (Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.202(h)). County-to-district assignment per Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(b) and Tex. Gov't Code sec. 22.201(o), live-fetched registry.
1 verified rule specific to this judge's division, grouped by requirement category. 185 total requirements apply in this courtroom across all layers — the Full Premium Report assembles the complete stack.
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last checked October 20, 2026
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District Judge — 113th District Court, Harris Countycurrent
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