Judge, County Court at Law No. 4 (Montgomery County)

Echo Hutson has been judge of Montgomery County Court at Law No. 4 since January 1, 2023². Before taking the bench she was a prosecutor who was Chief of the District Attorney's Domestic Violence Division, and she also owned a private law practice². She is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat¹.

• Judge, County Court at Law No. 4 (Montgomery County), sworn in January 1, 2023; the court hears misdemeanor criminal cases and runs three specialty courts: Domestic Violence Court, SAFE Justice Court and Mental Health Treatment Court²
• Former prosecutor in the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office, where the court's page says she was Chief of the Domestic Violence Division and helped create the county's Domestic Violence Division and specialty court; also owned a private law practice²
• Sworn in as judge of County Court at Law No. 4 on January 1, 2023².
• Public discipline: Searched the State Commission on Judicial Conduct public sanctions pages for fiscal years 2002 through 2026 (every year the site lists) on 2026-10-01, by surname; no public sanction naming this candidate was found. The FY2026 page covers only sanctions published through that date. Private sanctions are not published by name, and the Commission's separate suspension and resignation lists were not searched.³