Judge Pamela Medina asks for your support in her re-election to Judge of Harris County Probate Court No. 2.

Judge Medina presides over Harris County Probate Court No. 2, hearing decedents' estates matters including probate of wills, determination of heirships, and appointment of executors and administrators. Judge Medina presides over guardianship proceedings to determine capacity and appoints a guardian of the person, or estate. Judge Medina makes determinations on trust creation, construction, and modification and appoints trustees. Judge Medina presides over both bench and jury trials in probate litigation and general civil litigation. 

Judge Medina proudly serves the people of Harris County with a strict adherence to the rule of law, an unbiased approach to legal issues, and working closely with her court staff to ensure efficient and equal access to the probate court.  The parties before the probate court are coping with a lost loved one, or a family member needing court intervention due to their diminished capacity. Judge Medina’s compassion, intellect, keen ability to listen, and calming nature, are much needed at this critical time.

Judge Medina was licensed by the Texas Supreme Court in 2007.  Prior to taking the bench, Judge Medina owned Medina Law Texas, PLLC. Her practice areas included estate planning - wills and trust drafting, estate administration, guardianships, probate litigation, and general civil litigation.

Judge Medina began her legal career as a law clerk with the 269th Civil District Court in Harris County. She drafted legal memoranda, performed legal research and analysis of statutory law and legal precedent, conferred with the judge in preparing for hearings, and worked with the judge during court proceedings.

Judge Medina also served as Vice President at a national bank, in their corporate trusts and estates asset management division. She provided personal trust administration and financial planning to middle to high-net-worth individuals and families. She also provided trust administration for trusts created by probate and state district courts and served as an estate administrator, either by testamentary bequest or by court appointment.

Judge Medina is a proud native Houstonian. Her mother, Vera Vasquez, is from Fifth Ward and her father, Ralph Vasquez, is from Second Ward. Pamela attended the Gifted and Talented Vanguard program in Houston public schools. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from the University of Texas, in Austin -Texas’ flagship university. Pamela spent six years teaching in the Houston Independent School District, initially teaching children with special needs and coaching teachers on inclusion modalities, then teaching bilingual students.

Following that, Pamela followed her life dream and obtained her juris doctorate. She graduated from Thurgood Marshall School of Law, an historically black college or university, where the law school held the distinction of being the most diverse in the nation.

Judge Medina loves coordinating gatherings and community service projects with her large Vasquez family. She and her husband, Justice David Medina (ret.), love travel and Astros home games with their children and grandchildren. Judge Medina's passions include voter education and outreach, supporting access for all to strong educational opportunities, and mentoring law students. Judge Medina proudly hired legal interns from each of the local law schools to serve alongside her and the court staff, since taking the bench. Judge Medina ensures the legal community and the community at large understand the probate process by speaking to seniors, veterans, civic, legal, and student groups throughout the county on "How to Prepare for Probate Court."

Judge Medina has the added distinction of being the first person from an Indigenous background to serve as a probate judge in Harris County history.

Judge Medina strives to live out her childhood role model's words:

"It is a privilege to serve people, a privilege that must be earned, once earned, there is an obligation to do something good with it." Congresswoman Barbara Jordan