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Angela is a resident of Harris County. She earned her Bachelor’s degree from Jackson State University and her Juris Doctor from the Thurgood Marshall School of Law at Texas Southern University. She is a mother.

Angela is a district judge. She works at the Harris County Family Law Courts, where she has been since 2019. She previously worked as a contract attorney at Shell for two to three years, drafting and reviewing legal agreements, and then ran a private family law practice at a Houston law firm, representing clients in divorce, custody, and related cases.

Board Member - The Hon. Angela Graves-Harrington

Hon. Angela Graves-Harrington

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Angela Graves-Harrington is currently the judge for Texas’s 246th District Court. She was elected administrative judge over all of the Harris County Family Law Courts.

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As a judge, Graves-Harrington presides over the Harris County 246th District Court and participates in the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Implementation Pilot Court.

- As a judge, Graves-Harrington presides over the Harris County 246th District Court and participates in the National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges Implementation Pilot Court.

Legal Experience

For Candidate Angela Graves-Harrington on Issue judicial-administration: Represents clients in family court, advocating against harsh sentencing practices that can separate parents from their children.

Represents clients in family court, advocating against harsh sentencing practices that can separate parents from their children.

- Represents clients in family court, advocating against harsh sentencing practices that can separate parents from their children.

Judicial Administration

Approach is "Trauma-Informed, Family-Focused, and Justice-Driven".

Emphasizes administering justice with compassion and respect, particularly in sensitive family law and child welfare cases.

Committed to applying the rule of law while ensuring the judicial process remains fair and efficient.

- Approach is "Trauma-Informed, Family-Focused, and Justice-Driven".
- Emphasizes administering justice with compassion and respect, particularly in sensitive family law and child welfare cases.
- Committed to applying the rule of law while ensuring the judicial process remains fair and efficient.

Judicial Philosophy

As of January 22, 2026, Angela Graves-Harrington’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Ethics & Conduct

Serves as a twenty-two year member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, and as the Strategic Planning Committee Chair for Jack and Jill, Incorporated®, Greater Channel Chapter; co-founder of Houston PEARLS and EAGLES, a mentorship program for teens in the foster care system.

Co-founded P. E. A. R. L. S., a mentorship program for teenagers in the foster care system.

- Serves as a twenty-two year member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated®, and as the Strategic Planning Committee Chair for Jack and Jill, Incorporated®, Greater Channel Chapter; co-founder of Houston PEARLS and EAGLES, a mentorship program for teens in the foster care system.
- Co-founded P. E. A. R. L. S., a mentorship program for teenagers in the foster care system.

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Angela Graves-Harrington

- District judges manage Texas district courts, which are trial courts with general jurisdiction, and have exclusive authority over felony cases. A judge may be presiding over a civil, criminal, juvenile, or special court. They also share jurisdiction with Texas county courts.
- Texas has over 470 district courts, each presided over by a single judge. Some courts cover multiple counties, while others are assigned to single counties based on population size.
- District judges are elected through partisan elections for four-year terms. Candidates must be between 25 and 75 years old, have lived in the district for at least 2 years, and be licensed lawyers with at least 4 years' experience.
- The annual salary for district judges ranges from $175,000 to $245,500, depending on years of service.