Mike Engelhart (UHLC 1995) has been the Judge of the 151st Civil District Court of Harris County, Texas since January 1, 2009. He was an Associate Editor of the Houston Law Review, and holds a BA in Political Science and Spanish from the University of Michigan. He is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial law. Judge Engelhart is a Fellow of the College of the State Bar of Texas and a certified mediator. In 2016 he won the Law Center Alumni Association’s “Public Sector Achievement Award,” and the TACTAS “Trial Judge of the Year”. In 2017, Judge Engelhart was awarded the Franklin Jones Best CLE Article prize by the College of the State Bar of Texas. In 2019, he received the President’s Award from the HBA for his work as co-chair of the 2019 Civil/Appellate Bench Bar Conference. He is married to Eva Engelhart (UHLC ‘96), and they have two children, Joseph and Zachary.
