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Tarrant County Court at Law No. 1 — Trial and Pre-Trial Procedures (minors' settlements, scheduling orders, mediation, motions, continuances, jury, trial documents)

High confidence· verified September 6, 2026Case ManagementCounty Court at Law No. 1 — Trial and Pre Trial Procedures (page last modified Oct. 16, 2025), Tarrant County court web page

Summary

Judge Don Pierson's County Court at Law No. 1 trial and pre-trial procedures (page last modified Oct. 16, 2025): no settlement, dismissal or nonsuit involving a minor without an ad litem's recommendation; agreed scheduling orders with jury trials set as "the week of" a Monday; mediation before trial when ordered, with opposed parties moving and conferring; a certificate of conference (with prescribed wording) before any non-dispositive motion is set, none required for summary judgments; telephone motion hearings by agreement; agreed continuances in cases under a year old granted without hearing, signatures of all counsel required for older cases, opposed continuances heard; eviction appeals given docket priority and continued only for good cause (medical good cause by physician letter) for two weeks or less; an 18-person jury panel unless arranged a week ahead; juror questionnaires by agreement; expert challenges filed more than a week before trial; motions in limine, exhibit and witness lists and the proposed charge or findings filed and exchanged by the morning of trial, with the charge e-mailed to the court reporter (BJPartin@tarrantcountytx.gov) the business day before.

Applies to

Texas > Tarrant County > County Court at Law No. 1 (civil) — all civil cases and justice-court appeals.

Source of truth

"Suits Involving Minors: The Court will not approve the settlement, dismissal or nonsuit of any cause of action involving a minor without the recommendation of an ad litem. Scheduling Orders: … For jury trials, the trial date shall be listed as 'the week of…' and shall specify (1) the date of the Monday of the scheduled week; and (2) the estimated trial time. … Mediation: When ordered, mediation m

Official source: Tarrant County Courts at Law — tarrantcountytx.gov (county site tree)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 6, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 6, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr8-tarrant-ownsite-2026-09-06

Reviewer note: Own-site HTML page read in full 2026-09-06 from custody; quoted verbatim. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant (own-site lane).