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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.
Applies to jury trials in the 73rd District Court of Bexar County (Judge Elizabeth Martinez). Not registered on TOPICs. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
----------- CAUSE NO. PLAINTIFF V. DEFENDANT § § § § § § § § § IN THE DISTRICT COURT 73RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT BEXAR COUNTY, TEXAS STANDING ORDER IN LIMINE Unless this Court suspends this Standing Order in a specific trial, no attorney shall mention or refer to any of the matters listed below in the presence of the jury or venire without first approaching the bench and securing a ruling from th
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 from BenchPath's own-site custody copy (five pages; OCR text layer read in full with common substitutions corrected; the signature block is OCR-garbled — the signer reads as Elizabeth Martinez, District Court Judge, and the year as 2025; the day and month are illegible, so January 1, 2025 is carried as a placeholder effective date — UNVERIFIED). Single current signer, so judge-joined.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
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