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A standing order of the Williamson County District Courts (effective October 1, 2024) requiring counsel who submit an appellate brief in a criminal case to provide a courtesy copy of the brief to the court by electronic mail.
Applies to the submission of appellate briefs in criminal cases before the Williamson County District Courts. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
In the District Courts of Williamson County, Texas STANDING ORDER ON APPELLATE BRIEFS IN CRIMINAL MATTERS BEFORE THE DISTRICT COURTS The district judges presiding over criminal cases in Williamson County adopt this Standing Order for Criminal Matters in the District Courts, which shall apply in every criminal case unless otherwise ordered by the judge presiding over that particular case, effective October 1, 2024. When counsel submits an appellate brief regarding a criminal case in the Williamson County District Courts, they shall provide a courtesy copy of that brief to the court via electronic mail. Signed this 19th day of September, 2024 [signature] Hon. Donna King, Judge, 26th District Court [signature] Hon. Stacey Mathews, Judge, 277th District Court [signature] Hon. Sarah Bruchmiller, Judge, 368th District Court [File stamp: FILED at 11:15 [handwritten] o'clock ____ M, SEP 23 2024, District Clerk, Williamson Co., TX., with the clerk's signature]
In the District Courts of Williamson County, Texas STANDING ORDER ON APPELLATE BRIEFS IN CRIMINAL MATTERS BEFORE THE DISTRICT COURTS The district judges presiding over criminal cases in Williamson County adopt this Standing Order for Criminal Matters in the District Courts, which shall apply in every criminal case unless otherwise ordered by the judge presiding over that particular case, effective
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (image-only PDF read through the vision lane). County-wide Williamson District Court criminal order; bound to Williamson County. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 8cb7825d8da5..., 1 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.