Elizabeth Martinez

Standing Order in Limine (73rd Judicial District Court, Bexar County; Judge Elizabeth Martinez, 2025)

Unless suspended for a specific trial, no attorney may mention before the jury or venire, without first approaching the bench for a ruling, any of 26 listed matters — liability insurance and jurors' insurance-industry ties, ability to pay a judgment, collateral sources and letters of protection, the retention of counsel, attorney's fees, offers of independent medical examination, criminal history, alcohol or drug use, settlement or mediation, discovery disputes, prior suits or claims, ex parte witness statements, absent witnesses, failure to call a witness, unadmitted exhibits and visual aids, requests for stipulations or files, discrimination arguments, social cost of an award, hardship, the golden rule, counsel's opinion of credibility, the effect of jury answers, and undisclosed witnesses or documents (with objections to undisclosed evidence raised at pretrial or outside the jury's hearing); attorneys must admonish clients and friendly witnesses accordingly.