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The 58th District Court’s pretrial requirements (Judge Kent Walston): contested continuance motions require oral presentation and must be set before the call to trial (unheard motions are not considered); motions in limine are prepared and exchanged no later than 10 days before trial; exhibits are marked and exchanged no later than 10 days before trial for pre-admission, with objections set for hearing no later than 3 days before trial (failure waives the objection); exhibits are offered in DIGITAL format with duplicate paper copies for counsel/court/jury; the proposed charge is furnished at the start of jury selection (hard copy + Word-compatible digital); non-video deposition page/line designations are exchanged like limine items; video depositions must be edited for brevity/cogency; and displays/models/equipment are set up before court convenes.
Texas > Jefferson County > 58th District Court (Judge W. Kent Walston) — civil cases going to trial.
58th DISTRICT COURT KENT WALSTON, JUDGE 1001 PEARL, 2nd FLOOR BEAUMONT, TEXAS 77701 (409) 835-8434 Fax (409) 835-8552 PRE TRIAL REQUIREMENTS The following requirements apply to cases about to go to trial in the 58th District Court, and attorneys are required to read and comply herewith prior to attending the pretrial conference. In addition, please read and be familiar with the local civil rules,
Reviewer note: Own-site text instrument read in full and quoted verbatim. Composed benchpath-ajr2-jefferson. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 b6ad54b35e17..., 2 page(s), digital layer that failed the machine checks; text taken from the layer and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
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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