ON THE AGENDAHarris County Commissioners Court · 2026-06-11

The Court is asked to discuss and possibly act on allowing individual County Court judges to retain outside counsel to represent their interests as elected judges in the ongoing O'Donnell v. Harris County litigation. No vote was taken at this time.

What it means for you

If approved, individual elected County Court judges could hire outside lawyers at County expense to represent their personal interests as judges in the O'Donnell v. Harris County case.

Outcome

No vote was taken at this time.

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Official source

Official meeting record — Harris County Legistar ↗

The record does not attribute individual votes for this item — most items pass by named consensus rather than a contested roll call.

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Who decides?Decided by a vote of the Harris County Commissioners Court. County Courts brought it forward. Taken up at the June 11, 2026 meeting — no outcome recorded yet.Legistar record ↗

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