ABOUT SHARENA: Sharena Gilliland was elected District Clerk in 2010. Before taking office, she practiced law focusing on civil litigation. Sharena received her law degree from Baylor University School of Law and her bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University. In 2019 she was appointed to the Supreme Court Advisory Committee.

District Clerk | Parker County, TX - Official Website

Sharena Gilliland earned a bachelor's degree from Oklahoma State University and a law degree from Baylor University School of Law.

ABOUT SHARENA: Sharena Gilliland was elected District Clerk in 2010. Before taking office, she practiced law focusing on civil litigation. Sharena received her law degree from Baylor University School of Law and her bachelor’s degree from Oklahoma State University.

Sharena Gilliland previously practiced law, focusing on civil litigation.

ABOUT SHARENA: Sharena Gilliland was elected District Clerk in 2010. Before taking office, she practiced law focusing on civil litigation.

Sharena was elected Parker County District Clerk in 2010.

2026 Texas General Election

Sharena Gilliland, district clerk for Parker County, a suburb of Dallas, answered, “And you’re absolutely right, as soon as we get something filed then you’re absolutely entitled to copy, to view it, to take the copy with you without a delay in processing. If you come into the office you can get the record immediately.”

New Texas Court Access System Raises Old Information Demons | Courthouse News Service

MS. GILLILAND: Can I comment on that? CHAIRMAN BABCOCK: I figured you would. I was waiting for you to dive in on that. MS. GILLILAND: Okay. That's just not practical. It's just not. When you're dealing with volume, even right now there's no case management system that keeps track, when you open up your case, who filed electronically and who filed in paper. Maybe you can dig through the e-file manager and be able to tell, so any efficiency with electronically is completely lost if you have to research and figure out who filed which way. Requiring both is a little over the top, I think.

scac20-08-28.trn

Said people should be able to immediately view and copy court records filed with the office.

Opposes requiring both electronic and paper filings, saying the requirement undermines electronic-filing efficiency.

- Said people should be able to immediately view and copy court records filed with the office.
- Opposes requiring both electronic and paper filings, saying the requirement undermines electronic-filing efficiency.

Administration

LinkedIn

Sharena Gilliland

- Opposes requiring both electronic and paper filings, saying the requirement undermines electronic-filing efficiency.

Buket Urgen

Alejandra Gracias

- Serves as clerk and custodian of all records for district courts. Supports attorney general and child protective services courts.
- Indexes and secures all court records and verdicts, collects filing fees, and handles funds held in litigation and money awarded to minors. Also manages court registry funds and may process passport applications.
- Fulfills requests from attorneys or via court order to issue documents, collecting fees and distributing them to state and local agencies monthly.
- Gathers data and reports to various agencies to assist county, state, and Texas Legislature in proper operation of courts, effectiveness of statues, and any need for changes.
- Often in courtroom, filing documents, administrating oaths to defendants, witnesses, and jurors, and assists judge in docket management. Coordinates jury panel selection process and acts as liaison between jurors, courts, and employers.
- District clerks are elected through partisan, county-wide elections to four-year terms. Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, have been a Texas resident for at least 12 consecutive months, a county resident for at least six consecutive months, and registered to vote in that county.
- The annual salary for district clerks range from $35,236 to $207,952, set by the county’s Commissioners Court.

Preserves records for and serves as clerk in district courts.