Pat Lykos (R)

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Personal Information

Patricia R. Lykos was sworn in as the Harris County District Attorney on January 1, 2009; she is the first woman chief of the Office since it was created more than 100 years ago. The office has a budget of approximately $56M, a staff of 600 — including assistant district attorneys, investigators and support personnel.
Lykos, a graduate of the University of Houston and South Texas College of Law has dedicated her professional career to the pursuit of justice, starting as a Houston police officer, working her way through college and law school, and then in private practice.
In 1980, Lykos was appointed as Judge of the newly-created bench of County Criminal Court at Law No. 10, and she won election that year.
One year later, Judge Lykos was appointed to serve as Judge of the 180th District Court, a position that she held for 14 years, presiding over more than 20,000 felony criminal cases.
For the last ten years, Judge Lykos has served this community as a senior district judge and special assignments judge, and, as Director of Special Projects for the County Judge of Harris County.
Pat was the former chief judge of the Harris County criminal district courts, served as President of the Retired, Senior and Former Judges of Texas, and taught in programs for the Texas Center for the Judiciary, the American Bar Association, and the State Bar of Texas.

Memberships and Organizations

* Houston Bar Association
* Paul Harris Fellow
* American Bar Association Fellow
* Houston Bar Association Fellow
* Governor’s Council on Sex Offender Treatment
* Texas State Coordinator for Texas Do the Write Thing

Awards and Honors

* Woman of Achievement Award
* State District Judge of the Year
* Silver Good Citizenship Award
* Outstanding Houston Professional Woman
* South Texas College of Law — Outstanding Alumnus Award