Andrea Stroh Thompson

416th District Court — Court Policies (Hon. Andrea Thompson, as of June 3, 2025)

The 416th District Court's policies (Hon. Andrea Thompson, June 3, 2025): proof-of-notice and advance-security requirements, the fixed civil time limits (temporary orders 20 minutes per side, full-day bench trial 2.5 hours, jury trial 6 hours; bench trials without a scheduling order capped at 1 hour), the form scheduling order, the 9:30 a.m.-Thursday formal jury pre-trial, mandatory mediation with the 1-hour-bench/3-hour-jury non-mediation penalty, e-filed ex parte relief with the no-overlap-with-standing-orders rule, the over-one-year continuance rule, the courtroom cell-phone policy with the $50 jury-trial sound fine, the property-division Excel preference and financial-information-statement requirements, and §153.009 child-interview practice.