Preferential Pre-Trial Requirements — Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 1 — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
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Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 1 Judge Audrie Lawton-Evans, Presiding Preferential Pre-Trial Requirements All parties must exchange pretrial documents prior to pre-trial conference and identify which documents are agreed to and which have objections. Pretrial documents must be e-filed by the Wednesday preceding the pre-trial conference. Courtesy copies of all pretrial documents are required to be delivered to the Clerk of the Court, no later than the Wednesday prior to the pre-trial conference. Copies may be delivered to 201 Caroline, 5th Floor, Houston, Texas 77002. Office hours are Monday through Friday 8:00 am – 4:30 pm. Pre-Trial Documents: Witness List Motion in Limine Jury Charge Exhibit List Exhibits (All Exhibits must be pre-marked with numbers, please do not use letters) The Court Reporter’s Request for Record (see attached) must be filled out prior to pre-trial conference and emailed to the Court Reporter at Lettie_Witter@ccl.hctx.net Pre-Trial Conference will be conducted via Zoom https://hccocm.zoom.us/my/hccivil01 Dial in Information: (346) 248-7799 Meeting ID: 592 794 4638 For answers to frequently Asked Questions, please visit the Court’s website http://www.ccl.hctx.net/civil/1/default.htm
Reviewer note: Own-site document live-fetched by us 2026-08-22, byte-identical to the AJR-11 recon capture of 2026-08-21 (dual custody). Complete document text quoted verbatim (whitespace-normalized); the posted document (sha256 4d0eab84f020…) is the controlling text. The posting is styled under former Judge Audrie Lawton-Evans; the OCA roster and the court's live page list Judge Sonia Christina Lopez — the document remains posted by the court as of 2026-08-22. It publishes the court's Zoom channel https://hccocm.zoom.us/my/hccivil01 (Meeting ID 592 794 4638) — live-verified by us 2026-08-22: the vanity URL resolves to meeting 5927944638, matching the document.
17 verbatim requirements extracted from 4243-01__2021-05.pdf, across 4 topics.
Judge Eckley-Moulder's courtroom policies (court starts 9:30 sharp): at the Final Pre-Trial, all trial counsel and the defendant must be physically present, phones silenced, and no recording without media clearance.