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Verified judges, local rules, standing orders, and controlling division-assignment orders for Collin County, Dallas County, Ellis County, Fannin County, Grayson County, Kaufman County, Rockwall County — every entry cites its official source with a last-verified date.
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Titles shown as district judges, county-level judges (constitutional county courts, statutory county courts at law, probate courts), justices of the peace, and associate judges or masters per the Office of Court Administration roster and each court's own pages.
The Collin County indigent-defense attorney-qualification requirements for the district, county, and juvenile appointment lists: majority-judge (or MHMC-director) approval, the twice-yearly July 1–14 and December 1–31 application windows, the minimum felony-list standards (two years' criminal-law experience, Collin County residence/office/80%-practice, TBLS certification or 10 hours annual criminal-law CLE, TIDC practice-time reporting by October 15, no public discipline within five years, office capabilities, and three Collin County bar-association reference letters), and the graduated list tiers (state jail/third-degree through the higher felony lists).
Justice Court Precinct 2, Place 2's posted requirements for Occupations Code chapter 2308 unlawful-towing/booting hearings (Hon. KaTina Whitfield): county-of-tow venue, the $54 filing fee plus applicable state costs, the 14-business-day request deadline with its information-provision tolling rule, and the eight statutory request contents.
The 302nd District Court's standard Pre-Trial Order (Hon. Sandra L. Jackson; 2022 update, captured from the court's own page): the family-docket pretrial regime with seven-day filing deadlines, the mediation and inventory obligations, the 30-day discovery close, and Rule 165a/215 enforcement.
Judge Shelton T.W. Gibbs, IV's court rules for the 422nd: certificate-of-conference gate on all motion settings (with the court's two-alternative certificate); a judge-approval list for show-cause, habeas, attachment, garnishment, injunctive, protective, and TRO-extension orders; the court's Notice of Hearing (2nd Floor) with the certificate required on every notice and coordinator-set hearings; TRCP 21 removal/reset; agreed final settings by scheduling order that MUST include mediation completed at least 5 weeks before trial; dilatory pleas heard ≥10 days pre-trial; mandatory scheduling conferences (contents list including a pre-trial-conference date; final trial date fixed at temporary orders); pre-trial attendance/authority rules where failure to conform "shall be ground for postponement… or other appropriate action"; conflicting-engagement and docket-call mediation-precedence rules; the DWOP regime (60-day inaction, 30-day notice, retention by contacting the Court, 30-day post-rendition judgment rule, 10-day objection letters); TRCP 10 withdrawals; ex parte presentment by e-filing with the enumerated contact certifications; 10-day-letter notice language; unagreed orders e-filed 5 business days before hearing (rejected if 30+ days early); criminal defendants attend every setting and check in with the bailiff; temporary orders carry trial dates with mediation required; Zoom evidence to the court reporter two days ahead via screen share; the Via-app A/V protocol tied to the standing A/V order; and professional-attire requirements.
The Grayson County Local Rules (effective Feb. 1, 2025), governing all Grayson County courts: the TRJA time standards (civil jury 18 months, nonjury 12; contested family 6 months, uncontested 3), conduct and decorum, continuance and conflict-setting rules, remote-hearing practice, and — as the headline — Rule 1.13 Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence, the strongest AJR-1 AI regime: a signed certificate ATTACHED to every AI-generated pleading certifying human verification of all AI-created content against traditional legal sources, with sanctions exposure and an outright ban on AI use and recording/transcription devices in the courtroom and court offices; plus the civil-proceedings rules (uncontested docket, ex parte/TRO practice, pretrial/trial settings, mediation, DWOP, transfer/consolidation), court-appointed-counsel duties, and family-law rules.
The Supreme Court-approved Local Rules of the Statutory Probate Courts of Dallas County (Misc. Docket No. 19-9079, Aug. 23, 2019), governing all three statutory probate courts as standing orders enforceable by contempt: random assignment (mental-illness cases to Probate Court No. 3), transfer and consolidation practice, the submission-ruling regime with its 14-day objection window, the 2-hour TRO notice rule, the four verbatim certificate-of-conference forms with the three-attempt/two-business-day conference duty, Rule 91a motion mechanics, brief deadlines, the motion-to-quash deposition stay, self-represented-litigant restrictions, ad litem answer deadlines, vacation letters, remote testimony, the two-disinterested-witness heirship preference, Medicaid muniment statements, personal-representative signature requirements, and temporary-administration accounting.
Policies and Procedures of the 134th District Court, Hon. Dale Tillery (the September 23, 2025 edition on the court's own page — an own-site-only instrument): the immediate trial-docket placement regime, daily submission and hearing structure including the Saturday MSTeams summary-judgment slot, the Monday discovery docket, the 18-month client-signature continuance rule, and the reporter's thumb-drive exhibit standards.
Dallas County Criminal Court Local Rules (revised August 20, 2025), as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 10/07/2025): transfers between courts, initial settings after jail release, recusal and disqualification procedure, misdemeanor case assignments among the County Criminal Courts, writ-bond procedure, judges and the magistrate acting for absent judges, occupational driver's license practice, appointed-counsel compensation, decorum and professionalism, the magistrate's appointment and duties, and the Local Administrative Judge's duties and selection.
The county-wide Court Rules of Administration adopted by unanimous vote of the Ellis County district and statutory county court judges (signed Oct. 7, 2025; effective Dec. 1, 2025; superseding the Nov. 15, 2022 edition): the complete docket-assignment map for the 40th, 378th, 443rd, and 504th District Courts and County Courts at Law Nos. 1–3 — which court takes civil, family, juvenile, felony, misdemeanor, probate, mental-health, appeal, occupational-license, expunction, and warrant work — plus the bench-exchange, transfer, and recusal mechanics that route Motions to Recuse to the Presiding Judge of the First Administrative Judicial Region, and the rule that all family-law and juvenile cases are filed with the District Clerk.
Policies and Procedures of Dallas County Court at Law No. 4, Hon. Dianne K. Jones (the March 4, 2026 edition on the court's page): the hearing-request-form scheduling process (effective 3/1/2025 — hearings no longer set by the Clerk's Office), scheduling-order and mediation regimes, DWOP timing, continuance limits, courtesy-notebook deadlines, submission-docket mechanics, Zoom election, Robinson timing, and the summary-judgment discovery-completion practice; the edition also carries the court's AI standing order, composed as its own rule.
Standing Order governing the use of artificial intelligence tools in matters filed in or presented to County Court at Law No. 4, Hon. Dianne K. Jones (published in the court's Policies & Procedures, 2026-03-04 edition; captured from the court's own page) — the fourth AI regime identified in the First Administrative Judicial Region and Dallas County's first bench AI rule in this corpus: a verification duty grounded in Disciplinary Rule 1.01 and Texas Ethics Opinion No. 705 (2025), a certification imposed by the act of filing, submission standards treating AI output as non-authoritative, and enforcement through striking, sanctions, and disciplinary referral.
The Local Rules of Procedure and Rules of Decorum for the Justice of the Peace Courts of Collin County (eff. Aug. 11, 2023, under Gov't Code §27.061): the courts' jurisdiction ($20,000 civil, evictions/reentry, license-revocation and other administrative hearings, fine-only Class C criminal, animal cruelty, peace bonds, emergency mental-health commitments), inclement-weather closure, civil mediation-referral with a 10-day objection window (no ADR-caused eviction delay), continuances (7 days for jury trials), the criminal venue/first-appearance/setting/plea regime with the 21-day pretrial-motion deadline and standard-fine lists, and the rules of decorum.