Judge Rabeea Sultan Collier, a native Houstonian, was elected as the Presiding Judge of the 113th District Court in 2018. Judge Collier is Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization and was recently awarded the 2021 Jurist of the Year for the Texas Chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates. 

Judge Collier chairs the Jury Committee for the Board of District Judges that oversees jury operations for more than 80 courts in Harris County. Judge Collier previously co-chaired the COVID Response Judicial Task Force for Harris County.  

Judge Collier serves on the Curriculum Committee for the Texas Center for the Judiciary, which is comprised of approximately 15 judges that develop judicial education for all Texas judges. She also currently serves as an executive board member for the Association of District Judges and a board member of the Asian American Bar Association of Houston. Judge Collier recently joins the 2022 Bench Book Committee, Civil Trial Section, for the Texas Center for the Judiciary.

She is a graduate of Kingwood High School in Houston, Texas. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Government from the University of Texas at Austin. She earned a Juris Doctor degree from Texas Southern University, Thurgood Marshall School of Law in Houston, Texas. Judge Collier is married to Robert Collier, an attorney. They have two sons and live in North Houston.