--- title: "Luis A. Vallejo | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/luis-a-vallejo" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-27" --- # Luis A. Vallejo Round Top Municipal Court · Municipal Judge ## Profile - Court: Round Top Municipal Court - State: Texas - Role: Municipal Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## 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 ### limited criminal remote appearance Scope: statewide For the specific fine-and-cost hearings governed by Articles 45A.258 and 45A.259, a justice or municipal judge may allow a defendant to appear by telephone or videoconference when an in-person appearance would impose undue hardship. Evidence excerpt: If the justice or judge determines that requiring a defendant to appear before the justice or judge in person for a hearing under Article 45A.258 or 45A.259 would impose an undue hardship on the defendant, the justice or judge may allow the defendant to appear by telephone or videoconference. [Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/pdf/CR.45A.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) - [Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/pdf/CR.45A.pdf) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/luis-a-vallejo", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/luis-a-vallejo", "name": "Luis A. Vallejo | KnowJudges", "description": "Luis A. Vallejo, Round Top Municipal Court. 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Vallejo, a residential eviction case filed in Harris County, Texas, on March 26, 2025. - The case was dismissed on April 16, 2025. - He is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and admitted to the State Bar of Texas in 1980. - Special Crimes Unit in Bexar County. - Later shifted to criminal defense - representing clients in state and federal courts. - There is a civil case in Texas Justice of the Peace Courts involving Luis A. Vallejo as a defendant: Angel Soto vs. - This is unrelated to any judicial appointment. - There is no evidence in the provided sources that Luis A. Vallejo is a judge. - In summary: Luis A. Vallejo is a Texas‐based criminal defense lawyer, not a judge, and his only public court appearance in the provided records is as a defendant in a dismissed eviction case. - He is also admitted to the U.S. District Courts for the Northern, Eastern, Southern, and Western Districts of Texas, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, and the U.S. Supreme Court. ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-7a6578736340dbebb75e89c7) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/pdf/CR.45A.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26. - [Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-0fa5a7f51969f3609de00053) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/pdf/CR.45A.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.