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Second amended standing order of the Lubbock County district courts and county courts at law: parties required to take part in alternative dispute resolution do so by the date in the scheduling order, coordinating with the Lubbock County Office of Dispute Resolution or using a private mediator (reported to the ODR); unless otherwise agreed or ordered the mediation takes place in Lubbock County; named parties, including corporate representatives, attend in person unless the parties agree otherwise, and an insured party's representative with full settlement authority attends in person; the parties exchange the listed documents at least seven days before; and the result is reported to the court in writing.
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[File stamp: Filed 02/11/2026 11:31:42 AM, Sara Smith, District Clerk, Lubbock County, Texas, SS] TAT: 2010-000,396 IN RE: ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE DISTRICT COURT & COUNTY COURTS AT LAW OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, TX 72ND, 99TH, 137TH, 140TH, 237TH AND 364TH; CC1, CC2 AND CC3 SECOND AMENDED STANDING ORDER REQUIRING PARTIES TO APPEAR AT MEDIATION Pursuant to the Local Rules of the Lubbock County District Courts & County Courts at Law, the parties in causes of action required to participate in alternative dispute resolution (ADR) in Lubbock County, shall do so on or before the date set forth in the court’s scheduling order. The parties are ordered to coordinate the ADR proceeding with the Office of Dispute Resolution for Lubbock County (ODR) or, in the alternative, through the use of a private mediator. If a private mediator is used, the parties shall report such election to ODR. Unless otherwise agreed or ordered, the ADR proceeding or mediation shall take place in Lubbock County, Texas. Named parties, including corporate representatives, are ordered to be present in person, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties. If a named party is covered in whole or in part by insurance, a representative with full authority to settle the case shall attend in person and participate in mediation. The parties are further ordered to exchange documents that will assist in resolving the case at least seven days before the ADR proceeding or mediation. These documents include medical bills, medical records, a summary of any and all liens, and any other documents which will facilitate a resolution of the case. The parties or the person facilitating the proceeding shall promptly report to the court in writing a notice of whether or not the matter was resolved. Signed this the 9th day of February, 2026. [signature] Douglas H. Freitag, Judge Presiding 140th District Court & Local Administrative Judge [signature] John Grace, Judge Presiding 72nd District Court [signature] Phillip Hays, Judge Presiding 99th District Court [signature] John (Trey) McClendon, III, Judge Presiding 137th District Court [signature] Les Hatch, Judge Presiding 237th District Court [signature] William R. Eichman, II, Judge Presiding 364th District Court [signature] Mark Hocker, Judge Presiding County Court-at-Law #1 [signature] Tom Brummett, Judge Presiding County Court-at-Law #2 [signature] Ben Webb, Judge Presiding County Court-at-Law #3
[File stamp: Filed 02/11/2026 11:31:42 AM, Sara Smith, District Clerk, Lubbock County, Texas, SS] TAT: 2010-000,396 IN RE: ALTERNATIVE DISPUTE RESOLUTION IN THE DISTRICT COURT & COUNTY COURTS AT LAW OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, TX 72ND, 99TH, 137TH, 140TH, 237TH AND 364TH; CC1, CC2 AND CC3 SECOND AMENDED STANDING ORDER REQUIRING PARTIES TO APPEAR AT MEDIATION Pursuant to the Local Rules of the Lubbock C
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-25 (AJR-9 Ninth Region build) from BenchPath custody probe/topics9/2814.pdf (application/pdf, 544506 bytes, sha256 98a11a86b1fbf491ccca89c4f22b03367138f5d17f840c21aad0ccfd4170b2ab; 2 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. Filed under the instrument number TAT: 2010-000,396 (the number of the 2010 original order). The Lubbock County website also still posts an earlier edition: https://www.lubbockcounty.gov/egov/documents/1295214922_653015.pdf (the October 2010 standing order requiring parties to appear at mediation, superseded by the amended (2021) and second amended orders - read 2026-09-25); the text published here is the later one. The Lubbock County website also still posts an earlier edition: https://www.lubbockcounty.gov/egov/documents/1639688831_33572.pdf (the December 2021 amended standing order requiring parties to appear at mediation, superseded by the second amended order - read 2026-09-25); the text published here is the later one.
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