Associate Judge, 246th District Court (Harris County family court)

Yahaira Quezada is an associate judge of the 246th District Court, a Harris County family court²³. Her campaign describes an 18-year legal career that includes work as an assistant district attorney, juvenile public defender, criminal defense and immigration attorney, City of Houston adjudication hearing officer and adjunct professor². She graduated from Thurgood Marshall School of Law in 2007²³. She defeated James Hu in the Democratic primary and faces Republican incumbent Jessica Padilla in the general election¹.

• Associate Judge, 246th District Court, Harris County²³
• Former assistant district attorney, juvenile public defender, criminal defense attorney, immigration attorney, adjudication hearing officer for the City of Houston, and adjunct professor, according to her campaign site²
• J.D., Thurgood Marshall School of Law, Texas Southern University, 2007; licensed in Texas since November 2007²³
• Occupation listed on her 2026 primary filing: associate judge⁴
• Defeated James Hu in the Democratic primary for Harris County Criminal Court at Law No. 14 on March 3, 2026, 54.6% to 45.4%¹. Faces Republican incumbent Jessica Padilla in the November 3, 2026 general election¹.