Judge Albert D. Pattillo III
Judge • Gillespie County District Court, Texas
Court-wide rules
Applies court-wideGillespie County District Court, Texas publishes its filing requirements at the court level rather than per judge, so these 80 rules are what govern this courtroom.
Filing Requirements
All 42- Applies to
- Motion
- Must include
- certificate of conference
Each motion must include a certificate of conference stating that a conference occurred and its result.
- Applies to
- Motion
- Must include
- certificate of service
Each motion must include a certificate of service identifying the specific addressee, full address, and manner and means of service.
- Applies to
- Defense request letter
A timely Defense request for extraneous-offense notice must be a letter to the State’s attorney, with a copy filed with the district clerk and provided to the State.
Communication
All 9- Contact
- Phone
When setting a civil case for pre-trial, jury trial, non-jury trial or post trial hearing, please call or e-mail the Court Coordinator, prior to sending your file marked Motion and Order Setting, to obtain available hearing dates.
- Contact
- Phone
Uncontested divorces, agreed divorces, defaults, uncontested name changes, and adoptions may be set by phone with the Court Coordinator without sending an Order Setting.
2. When setting or resetting a case for trial, pre-trial, etc., please contact the Court Coordinator for available dates. Then, contact all other counsel and obtain a date that everyone is available.
Service
All 8The State must furnish the Defense a copy of its case-in-chief witness list on or before the day it files the list.
A copy of the Defense’s extraneous-offense notice request must be filed with the district clerk and provided to the State.
Extraneous-offense notice is deemed reasonable if given 10 days before trial, except when good cause is shown.
Filing Timing
All 7The State must file its case-in-chief witness list with the Clerk at least one day before trial.
The attorney fee statement must be submitted to the trial judge on the date the case is disposed of by plea, bench trial, or jury trial.
The attorney fee statement must be submitted to the trial judge within 15 days of the mandate being returned in an appeal.
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