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Standing order for civil cases pending in or later filed in Ector County Court at Law No. 2: no civil case is set for final trial on the merits until the parties have scheduled and conducted an alternative dispute resolution procedure under Civil Practice and Remedies Code chapter 154. When the procedure is mediation, all counsel, parties and representatives with settlement authority attend in person, participate in good faith, agree on a date and time (failing agreement, the mediator sets it), and comply with chapter 154 confidentiality; failure to comply may result in contempt, sanctions, or both.
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[seal] Judge Christopher M. Clark County Court at Law #2 Judge Brooke Hendricks County Court At Law Date: January 14, 2020 STANDING ORDER REGARDING ALL CIVIL CASES For all civil cases which are currently pending in the Ector County Court at Law #2, and for any case which is filed subsequent to this Order, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that no civil case will be set in this Court for a final trial on the merits until the parties have scheduled and conducted an Alternative Dispute Resolution procedure (ADR), authorized under, and pursuant to, Chapter 154, Tex. Civ. Prac. Rem. Code. If the dispute resolution procedure chosen by the parties or ordered by the Court is mediation, then the following ORDERS apply: (1) all counsel, parties and any representatives of those parties having settlement authority shall appear in person and attend the mediation; (2) all counsel, the parties, and representatives shall, in good faith, actively participate in the mediation with the goal of resolving the pending case or cases; (3) all counsel, parties and representatives shall agree to a date and time for the mediation to take place. In the absence of this agreement, the mediator shall select the date and time for the mediation, and all counsel, parties and representatives shall appear as directed by the mediator; and (4) all counsel, parties and representatives shall strictly comply with all confidentiality provisions of Chapter 154, Tex. Civ. Prac. Rem. Code. THE FAILURE OF ANY COUNSEL, ANY PARTY OR ANY REPRESENTATIVES WITH SETTLEMENT AUTHORITY TO COMPLY WITH THE PROVISIONS OF THIS ORDER MAY RESULT IN A FINDING OF CONTEMPT, COURT SANCTIONS, OR BOTH. [signature] Judge Christopher M. Clark [signature] Judge Brooke Hendricks
[seal] Judge Christopher M. Clark County Court at Law #2 Judge Brooke Hendricks County Court At Law Date: January 14, 2020 STANDING ORDER REGARDING ALL CIVIL CASES For all civil cases which are currently pending in the Ector County Court at Law #2, and for any case which is filed subsequent to this Order, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that no civil case will be set in this Court for a final trial on t
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-24 (AJR-7 Seventh Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/documents/ebc485ede1a7f9fc-standing-order-regarding-all-civil-cases.pdf (application/pdf, 81928 bytes, sha256 ebc485ede1a7f9fcaf0837b4b67fc4d318c1d4e0d0ee4af890ce50ef70c560ac; 1 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: transcribed from the rendered pages of the scanned PDF (the machine OCR layer was not relied on), every page read against the render; signature, seal and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Signed by the judges of both Ector County Courts at Law; its operative text governs civil cases in County Court at Law No. 2.
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.