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LaTosha McGill Clayton
Fort Bend 501st District Court
Associate Judge of the 505th District Court in Fort Bend County since 2021 and founder of The McGill Law Firm (2005), practicing primarily family law. A graduate of Thurgood Marshall School of Law, she is the Democratic candidate for the 501st District Court.
The court, in plain English
Texas district courts are the trial courts of general jurisdiction. In Fort Bend County they hear felony criminal cases, civil lawsuits, divorce and other family-law matters, and juvenile cases.
Why this seat matters
This is the court that decides the most serious cases in the county — prison sentences, who your children live with, and civil disputes that can decide a family’s finances.
On the Nov 3, 2026 ballot for Fort Bend 501st District Court, LaTosha McGill Clayton faces Richard T. Bell (Republican), the sitting judge.
Where this seat sits on your ballot
Fort Bend 501st District Court appears in the Fort Bend County Courts section of your ballot. The courts that sit in Richmond, Rosenberg, Missouri City, Katy and Sugar Land — and only Fort Bend County voters elect them.