Judge, 221st District Court (Montgomery County)

Lisa Michalk is judge of the 221st District Court in Montgomery County². A 2021 campaign release says she had served 11 years on the bench and had handled more than 10,000 felony defendants³. She is the only candidate on the November 3, 2026 ballot for this seat¹.

• Judge, 221st District Court (Montgomery County), which her campaign says handles felony cases only; her campaign said in 2021 that she had heard more than 200 jury trials and handled more than 10,000 felony defendants in 11 years on the bench³
• Her campaign credits her with helping start the county's Mental Health Court in 2016 and says she was Vice-Chair of the State Bar of Texas Criminal Justice Council³
• Began as a felony prosecutor and opened her own law firm in 2003, before running for office, per the same campaign release³
• Elected judge of the 221st District Court; her November 2021 filing announcement described her 2022 race as her fourth bid for election and said she had served 11 years on the bench³.
• 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.⁴