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Under Government Code § 75.012 the district judges elected the 2026 Civil Presiding Judge rotation: January 288th (Chapa), February 407th (Torres), March 408th (Jimenez), April 438th (Alvarado), May 37th (Garza), June 45th (Alvarez), July 57th (Arteaga), August 73rd (Martinez), September 131st (Gonzales), October 150th (Diaz), November 166th (Salinas), December 224th (Flores).
Applies to the Presiding Civil District Court's nonjury dockets during 2026 (Local Rules 3 and 4); signed by twenty-six of the twenty-seven district judges of Bexar County — no judge join. Not registered on TOPICs; posted on the Presiding Court page under the file name of the 2025 election order. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
SPECIAL ORDER NO. 73681. STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF BEXAR. ELECTION OF THE PRESIDING CIVIL JUDGES FOR THE YEAR 2026. On the 23rd day of July, 2025, pursuant to Section 75.012 of the Texas Government Code, the undersigned District Court Judges of Bexar County elect the following to sit as Civil Presiding Judge during the months as set out below for the year 2026: January — 288th — Judge Cynthia Marie Chapa; February — 407th — Judge Tina Torres; March — 408th — Judge Angelica Jimenez; April — 438th — Judge Rosie Alvarado; May — 37th — Judge Nicole Garza; June — 45th — Judge Mary Lou Alvarez; July — 57th — Judge Antonia "Toni" Arteaga; August — 73rd — Judge Elizabeth Martinez; September — 131st — Judge Norma Gonzales; October — 150th — Judge Monique Diaz; November — 166th — Judge Laura Salinas; December — 224th — Judge Marisa Flores. Nicole Garza, Judge, 37th District Court; Mary Lou Alvarez, Judge, 45th District Court; Antonia "Toni" Arteaga, Judge, 57th District Court; Elizabeth Martinez, Judge, 73rd District Court; Norma Gonzales, Judge, 131st District Court; Michael Mery, Judge, 144th District Court; Monique Diaz, Judge, 150th District Court; Laura Salinas, Judge, 166th District Court; Catherine Torres-Stahl, Judge, 175th District Court; Kristina Escalona, Judge, 186th District Court; Stephanie R. Boyd, Judge, 187th District Court; Marisa Flores, Judge, 224th District Court; Christine Hortick, Judge, 225th District Court; Ben Robertson, Judge, 226th District Court; Christine Del Prado, Judge, 227th District Court; Nadine Nieto, Judge, 285th District Court; Cynthia Marie Chapa, Judge, 288th District Court; Rose Sosa, Judge, 289th District Court; Jennifer Pena, Judge, 290th District Court; Ron Rangel, Judge, 379th District Court; Jacqueline Valdes, Judge, 386th District Court; Frank J. Castro, Judge, 399th District Court; Tina Torres, Judge, 407th District Court; Angelica Jimenez, Judge, 408th District Court; William "Cruz" Shaw, Judge, 436th District Court; Joel Perez, Judge, 437th District Court; Rosie Alvarado, Judge, 438th District Court. [Electronic signatures dated July 23 – August 4, 2025; the 225th's signature line is blank in the filed copy; certified copy of the District Clerk December 15, 2025; case number 73681.]
SPECIAL ORDER NO. 73681. STATE OF TEXAS, COUNTY OF BEXAR. ELECTION OF THE PRESIDING CIVIL JUDGES FOR THE YEAR 2026. On the 23rd day of July, 2025, pursuant to Section 75.012 of the Texas Government Code, the undersigned District Court Judges of Bexar County elect the following to sit as Civil Presiding Judge during the months as set out below for the year 2026: January — 288th — Judge Cynthia Mari
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from BenchPath's own-site custody copy (four image-only pages read through the vision lane and transcribed; page 4 is the clerk's certificate). The county's file name says "Special-Order-73363 ... Year-2025" but the document is Special Order 73681 for 2026 (the file was replaced under the old name). The 225th's signature line is blank in the filed copy.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.