Bryan Gantt
Republican · TX · Judge, 471st District Court, Collin County
Bryan Gantt has been judge of Collin County's 471st District Court since Gov. Greg Abbott appointed him in September 2024. He was earlier a partner at a McKinney law firm and an assistant attorney general in the state's General Litigation Division.
Track record
Track record — Impartiality
Impartiality · 1 favorable
Signed a countywide case-transfer policy on 2025-03-05 to promote public confidence in judicial impartiality. It required cases involving McCraw Law Group, McCraw Gantt or Katherine McCraw as counsel to leave his court. It required assigning those cases to other courts at random.
March 5, 2025Favorable on Impartiality
Source: topics.txcourts.gov
Track record — Legal Competence
Legal Competence · 1 unfavorable
Granted Whitestone Shops at Starwood a judgment against Carlos Sarmento on 2025-07-03 in a commercial lease dispute. Sarmento had not answered the lawsuit. On 2026-07-30, an appeals court reversed the judgment and returned the case. Sarmento had never been served with the lawsuit.
July 3, 2025Unfavorable on Legal Competence
Source: cases.justia.com
Past race Bryan Gantt ran in:
- Collin County District Judge, 471st Judicial District · November 3, 2026 · Collin County, Texas · incumbent