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The 153rd District Court's trial guidelines: trial hours 9:30–4:30 with lunch 11:45–1:00 and a day's notice if trial will run past 5:00; witnesses and parties stay out of restricted areas and in assigned conference rooms; the courtroom's presentation equipment (document camera, touch-screen monitors, HDMI/VGA, Wi-Fi, WebEx with the judge's approval), no office supplies; counsel stand at the podium and ask permission to move, approach a witness or the bench; a voir dire package from the bailiff, group then individual voir dire with no cause challenges before the panel; voir dire reported only on request; exhibits numbered per the exhibit list, displayed digitally, oversized exhibits with letter-size copies retained by the reporter; demonstratives not marked by opponents; deposition excerpts tendered before reading, video depositions with a marked transcript for the reporter; witnesses remain seated unless permitted; interim summations in long trials; each side's proposed charge in Microsoft Word to the reporter and a copy of the charge to each juror.
Texas > Tarrant County > 153rd District Court (civil) — trial counsel, parties and witnesses.
"1. Trial Hours: Typical trial hours are from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. with lunch from 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. … If it is anticipated that the trial will go past 5:00 p.m., counsel should notify the court at least one day in advance to allow for additional resources. 2. Access to Court Facilities: Witnesses and parties are not to enter the restricted areas of the courtroom unless permitted. … Witnes
Reviewer note: Own-site document (text layer, 3 pp, 3,902 chars) read in full 2026-09-06; quoted verbatim; undated posting joined to Judge Susan H. McCoy (current bench per OCA) as the court's posting. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant (own-site lane).
Judge Wolfe enforces AO S-2024-062(28)(A) with teeth: every pretrial motion in a case transferred to TD-3 must be scheduled and heard by the original transferring judge — failure to do so timely is deemed a waiver.
Judge Rice mirrors the F-division waiver with an exception: all motions other than motions in limine must be filed AND heard before the Pretrial Conference or they are waived; limine motions must at least be filed by then.
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