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The shared district AI standing order for the 21st and 335th District Courts as registered for Lee County: before using any AI-generated information in a court submission, every attorney or self-represented litigant must sign and file a certification that all AI-created or AI-contributed language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and analysis were verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources by a Texas-licensed attorney (a human being), acknowledging responsibility and possible sanction (Texas Disciplinary Rules, TRCP, CPRC ch. 10, the court's inherent power, or contempt) for noncompliance. The order recites that generative AI is currently unreliable, prone to bias, and prone to fabrication, and that its creators are not licensed, disciplinary-rule-bound attorneys.
Texas > Lee County > the 21st and 335th District Courts (shared 21st/335th AI standing order; Bastrop's edition additionally binds the 423rd and 465th). One of the quad's three registered AI regimes (Bastrop 2297, Burleson 2356, Lee 2361); Washington County registered no AI order.
21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT and 335TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS OF BURLESON, LEE and WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS GENERAL ORDERS [File stamp: FILED, MAR 24 2025, 2:05 PM [handwritten], DISTRICT CLERK, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS] STANDING ORDER REGARDING USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE No party to any lawsuit has requested this Order. Rather, this Order is a standing Order of the 21ST Judicial District and 335TH Judicial District Courts that applies to all cases filed in the District Clerk's Office in Burleson County, Lee County or Washington County, Texas. This Standing Order of the 21ST Judicial District and 335TH Judicial District Courts, applies to every pending or hereafter filed cases in the 21ST Judicial District and 335TH Judicial District of Burleson, Lee and Washington County, Texas. Nothing in this Order should be construed as to relieve an attorney or self-represented litigant of any legal or ethical obligation required by law, statute, or rule, including rules of procedure, evidence, or the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Generative artificial intelligence systems (such as ChatGPT, Harvey.AI, Google Bard, TensorFlow, Open AI, Bing, and many others) are being incorporated into common professional use. The abilities of these systems vary widely depending on the application, version, and specific underlying technology used. While the technology is developing quickly, it is currently unreliable and prone to bias, and often fabricates information. The creators of these systems are not attorneys of record, licensed and in good standing to practice law in the State of Texas, and are not bound by the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. WHEREAS the signing of a pleading or motion in Texas certifies that each claim, defense, or other legal contention in the pleading or motion is warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law or the establishment of new law; WHEREAS courts have the inherent power to sanction parties for violation of rules, orders, standing orders, and statutory obligations; and WHEREAS courts on their own initiative may direct a court participant to show cause why his or her conduct has not violated a rule, order, standing order or statutory obligation; IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT: All attorneys and self-represented litigants who utilize any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in connection with a case shall before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding sign and submit the attached form certifying that: 1. All language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis created by or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence were before submission verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources by an attorney licensed to practice law in the State of Texas, and 2. That the person understands and acknowledges that they are and will be held responsible and potentially sanctioned for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply with this Order. This Order is effective immediately for all cases filed or pending in the 21ST Judicial District and 335TH District Courts in Burleson, Lee or Washington County, Texas. This Order remains in effect until rescinded or replaced by the 21ST Judicial District and 335TH Judicial District courts. This Order is subject to modification or amendment by the undersigned at any time. This Order shall be posted on the Burleson, Lee and Washington County's websites and the district clerk of each County is hereby directed to file this Order with the Office of Court Administration and in the county administrative orders of the Court, and to post a filed-marked copy of this Order as a Public Notice at their County Courthouse. IT IS SO ORDERED. Signed on this 19th day of March, 2025. [signature] Judge Carson Campbell, 21ST District Court [signature] Judge John D. Winkelmann, 335TH District Court [No certification form is attached in the registered file; a vertical fold line runs down the right margin of both pages]
21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT and 335TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS OF BURLESON, LEE and WASHINGTON COUNTY, TEXAS GENERAL ORDERS [File stamp: FILED, MAR 24 2025, 2:05 PM [handwritten], DISTRICT CLERK, LEE COUNTY, TEXAS] STANDING ORDER REGARDING USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE No party to any lawsuit has requested this Order. Rather, this Order is a standing Order of the 21ST Judicial District and 335TH Judic
Reviewer note: Shared AI standing order; full text read verbatim from the Bastrop edition (TOPICs doc 2297, text layer, signed Judge Beyer 465th, amended 7-1-24). This Lee row cites its own registration (doc 2361); Burleson/Lee editions were confirmed present in custody (image-only) as the same 21st/335th order. Composed benchpath-ajr2-quad. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 78b1692a8847..., 2 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base 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.