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Judge Santini's ADR standing order for cases the 457th District Court's Docket Control Order refers to ADR (CPRC ch. 154): parties are referred to a CPRC 154.023-154.028 procedure, defaulting to mediation with the Montgomery County Dispute Resolution Center ((936) 760-6914) if they do not agree; parties schedule through counsel (or personally if pro se), and if no agreed date is set the ADR provider/impartial third party picks a date all must attend; ADR may be rescheduled by agreement but MUST be completed no later than 30 days before the Docket-Control trial date; plaintiff's counsel must initiate the ADR-method conference (opposing counsel must still try if plaintiff fails), disagreements on method fall to the court's default, a mediator dispute may be resolved by motion to appoint, and refusal to communicate warrants a motion to compel; failure to follow the ADR requirement may bring sanctions after a show-cause hearing; ADR administration and third-party fees are split equally unless agreed otherwise, paid directly to the provider, and taxed as court costs, with a fee statement filed with the District Clerk for the Bill of Costs; the provider must file a writing reporting completion, appearance, and whether settlement resulted; and all ADR matters remain confidential under CPRC 154.053 and 154.073, with the provider and its records not subject to subpoena or production except as 154.073 permits.
Texas > Montgomery County > 457th District Court (Judge Vincenzo J. Santini) — cases the court's Docket Control Order refers to ADR. The county-wide ADR encouragement lives in the division administration rules; this is the 457th's operative referral order.
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (two pages) read in full and quoted verbatim; signed by Judge Santini (457th) March 18, 2024. Composed benchpath-ajr2-p2.
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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