--- title: "Gloria E. Lopez | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gloria-e-lopez" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Gloria E. Lopez Texas 308th District Court · District Judge ## Profile - Court: Texas 308th District Court - State: Texas - Role: District Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-25 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Also the Local Administrative District Judge, a role she assumed January 1, 2026, providing leadership and oversight for all Harris County District Courts, coordinating administrative functions, and guiding major initiatives such as updated family court rules and expanded language access. - Judge Gloria E. López is a bilingual family law judge of Texas’s 308th District Court, elected in 2018 and re‐elected in 2022, and in December 2025 became the first Latina Local Administrative Judge for all 67 Harris County District Courts. - Presiding Judge, Texas 308th Judicial District Court, TX, 2019-2022 - Current Role: Adjunct professor at Thurgood Marshall School of Law, mentoring future legal professionals ### Education - Texas Southern University — J.D. (2010) - Bachelor’s degrees in Government and Spanish from the University of Texas at Austin - Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law — J.D. ### Additional information - Judge López’s current term runs through December 31, 2026, and she is running for re‐election in the November 3, 2026 general election. - Practitioner, The Law Office of Gloria E. Lopez, Houston, TX, 2012-2018 - Practitioner, The Hall Law Firm, Houston, TX, 2011-2012 - Personal Background: Native of McAllen, Texas; daughter of a Mexican immigrant mother and a disabled U.S. Army veteran. - Bilingual in Spanish and English. - Judge López presides over family law cases in the 308th District Court in Houston, Texas, including divorce, paternity, and other family matters. - Legal Practice: Before joining the bench, López practiced family law in Harris County and surrounding areas, later founding her own firm, the Law Office of Gloria E. López. - Birth place: McAllen, TX ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### civil remote appearances Scope: statewide In civil district and county court proceedings, the court may permit or require electronic participation after appropriate notice; compelled electronic participation for oral-testimony proceedings requires good cause or party agreement, and a jury trial requires party agreement. Evidence excerpt: Upon appropriate notice by a party or the court, a court may allow or require a participant to appear at a court proceeding by videoconference, teleconference, or other available electronic means, except as otherwise provided in (2). [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### civil recording and broadcasting Scope: statewide Civil district and county trial courts may permit courtroom recording or broadcasting only under Supreme Court guidelines, with the required party and witness consent, or for ceremonial proceedings. Evidence excerpt: A trial court may permit broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing of proceedings in the courtroom only in the following circumstances: [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18c, Recording and Broadcasting of Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://card.txcourts.gov/directorysearch.aspx) - [Official roster](https://card.txcourts.gov/directorysearch.aspx) - [Texas Office of Court Administration official judicial roster](https://card.txcourts.gov/directorysearch.aspx) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15816/gloria-e-lopez/) - [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf) - [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18c, Recording and Broadcasting of Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15816/gloria-e-lopez/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gloria-e-lopez", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/gloria-e-lopez", "name": "Gloria E. 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This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.