--- title: "Yahaira Quezada | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/yahaira-quezada-district-246th-district-court-texas" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-08-02" --- # Yahaira Quezada 246th District Court · District Associate Judge ## Profile - Court: 246th District Court - State: Texas - Role: District Associate Judge - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-27 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Biography ### Professional career - Associate Judge, Texas 246th Judicial District Court, Houston, TX, 2019-present - Currently an Associate Judge in the 246th District Court of Texas, serving in Harris County’s trauma‐focused Family Court since 2018. - Democratic candidate for Judge of Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 in Texas, running in the November 3, 2026 general election, with a background in law enforcement, defense, and family court adjudication. - Assistant District Attorney, Harris County District Attorney's Office, Houston, TX, 2011-2013 - pub-def, Travis County Public Defender's Office - Public safety and opportunity — balancing justice with compassion and addressing the needs of Harris County’s diverse community - Quezada’s career includes work on all sides of the justice system, making her a trauma‐informed, bilingual public servant with extensive trial and litigation experience ### Education - Texas Southern University’s Thurgood Marshall School of Law in — J.D. (2007) ### Additional information - Practitioner, Quezada Law Group, PLLC, Houston, TX, 2011-2018 - Practitioner, HenderLaw, 2009-2011 - Juvenile Defense Section, Austin, TX, 2009-2009 - Practitioner, Walker Bright, 2007-2009 - Date of birth: 1979-08-06 - She has an 18‐year legal career spanning prosecution, defense, and judicial roles. - She has also presided over family law cases, including divorce and child support matters. - Adjunct Professor for paralegal students - Quezada was born in the Dominican Republic and moved with her family to the South Bronx at age 12, later settling in Houston, where she has lived for over 20 years. - She is the daughter of hard‐working immigrants, raised five children on minimum wage, and is bilingual in English and Spanish. ## 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/ExcelExportPublic.aspx?type=P&export=E&CommitteeID=0&Court=&SortBy=tblCounty.Sort_ID%2C%20Last_Name&Active_Flg=true&Last_Name=&First_Name=&Court_Type_CD=0&Court_Sub_Type_CD=0&County_ID=0&City_CD=0&Address_Type_CD=0&Annual_Report_CD=0&PersonnelType1=&PersonnelType2=&DistrictPrimaryLocOnly=0&AdminJudicialRegion=0&COADistrictId=0) - [Official roster](https://card.txcourts.gov/ExcelExportPublic.aspx?type=P&export=E&CommitteeID=0&Court=&SortBy=tblCounty.Sort_ID%2C%20Last_Name&Active_Flg=true&Last_Name=&First_Name=&Court_Type_CD=0&Court_Sub_Type_CD=0&County_ID=0&City_CD=0&Address_Type_CD=0&Annual_Report_CD=0&PersonnelType1=&PersonnelType2=&DistrictPrimaryLocOnly=0&AdminJudicialRegion=0&COADistrictId=0) - [Texas Office of Court Administration, active Judicial Directory official judicial roster](https://card.txcourts.gov/ExcelExportPublic.aspx?type=P&export=E&CommitteeID=0&Court=&SortBy=tblCounty.Sort_ID%2C%20Last_Name&Active_Flg=true&Last_Name=&First_Name=&Court_Type_CD=0&Court_Sub_Type_CD=0&County_ID=0&City_CD=0&Address_Type_CD=0&Annual_Report_CD=0&PersonnelType1=&PersonnelType2=&DistrictPrimaryLocOnly=0&AdminJudicialRegion=0&COADistrictId=0) - [CourtListener judicial biographical directory](https://www.courtlistener.com/person/15978/yahaira-yadira-quezada/) - [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/15978/yahaira-yadira-quezada/) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/yahaira-quezada-district-246th-district-court-texas", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/yahaira-quezada-district-246th-district-court-texas", "name": "Yahaira Quezada | KnowJudges", "description": "Yahaira Quezada, 246th District Court. 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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://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26. - [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-a5f587f769df9f3231ef4f9a) — 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://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.