Juvenile District Judge, 315th Judicial District: who gets your vote?
What this role does
Juvenile district judges hear cases involving young people in the juvenile justice system.
Their decisions affect young people and their families.
- Juvenile cases
- Young people and families
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MARIA VALERIA BROCK
Running for Juvenile District Judge, 315th Judicial District · Texas
StateRepublican Party / Partido Republicano
LEAH SHAPIRO
Running for Juvenile District Judge, 315th Judicial District · Texas
StateDemocratic Party / Partido Demócrata
Job fit
MARIA VALERIA BROCK
- The State Bar of Texas lists Brock’s Texas law license date as November 2, 1990. 1
LEAH SHAPIRO
- The October 15, 2026 Houston Chronicle editorial described Shapiro as the Democratic two-term incumbent in Harris County’s 315th District Court. 2
- The editorial reported her court handled child protection, delinquency, immigration and adoption cases; she also presided over specialty courts for juvenile sex trafficking and juvenile offenders with mental health issues. 2
- Citing ABC13, the editorial reported Shapiro chose probation over adult-prison transfer after a fatal-shooting delinquency finding; several days later, the teen faced armed-robbery arrest and later escaped after beating a jailer unconscious. 2
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Sources
- State Bar of Texas | Find A Lawyer | Maria Valeria Lee Brock · checked 2026-11-03 used in: Experience
- For Harris County juvenile district courts: Shapiro and Davis · checked 2026-10-31 used in: Experience