Judge Patel

Honorable Stuti Trehan Patel, District Court Associate Judge

Judge Stuti Trehan Patel is the Associate Judge for the 458th Judicial District Court in Fort Bend County, Texas.  Judge Patel earned her Bachelor of Social Work degree with Honors from The University of Texas at Austin, and her Doctor of Jurisprudence from The University of Houston Law Center.  She is also certified as a civil and family law mediator, and a member of the Texas Bar College.  For the majority of her career as an attorney, she served Fort Bend County as a prosecutor for the Fort Bend County District Attorney’s Office.  Judge Patel, along with her husband and children, are active in the local community and support many organizations that work with families, such as Lunches of Love, Boy and Girl Scouts of America, Hope Endowment, Child Advocates of Fort Bend, Daya, Fort Bend Women’s Center, local food banks and Fort Bend Partnership for Youth.