Harris County, Texas

Courts, legal aid, and legal guides in Harris County.

Harris County is Texas's most populous county and the U.S.'s third most populous county. Houston is the state's largest city and principal legal market for the Gulf Coast. Harris County hosts the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas (Houston Division), the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals sessions, the University of Houston Law Center, South Texas College of Law Houston, and Houston Division of the Texas Business Court. The economy combines energy (major oil and gas HQs), healthcare (Texas Medical Center — the largest medical complex in the world), aerospace (NASA Johnson Space Center), logistics (Port of Houston), and manufacturing.