Hunt County Courts at Law Pre-Motion Conference Requirements

CRITICAL

A conference with opposing counsel is required before scheduling any court appearance, hearing, or trial.

All court appearances, hearings and trials may only be scheduled after conference with opposing counsel.

CRITICAL

Before filing a motion, counsel must include a signed certificate of conference and personally attempt to confer with opposing counsel at least three times during regular business hours on at least two business days.

No counsel for a party shall file any motion unless accompanied with a “certificate of conference” signed by counsel for movant. Prior to the filing of a motion, counsel for the movant shall personally attempt to contact counsel for the respondent to hold or schedule a conference to resolve the disputed matter(s). Counsel for the movant shall make at least three (3) attempts to contact counsel for the respondent. The attempts shall be made during regular business hours on at least two (2) business days.

WARNING

Failure to attempt to confer may be raised with the court without a motion for continuance and may result in resetting the appearance, hearing, or trial.

Failure to attempt to confer may be brought to the attention of the court without the necessity of a motion for continuance and may result in the court resetting the appearance, hearing or trial.

INFO

The conference requirement does not apply to the listed categories of motions.

Conference requirement does not pertain to dispositive motions, motions for summary judgment, motions for default judgment, motions for voluntary dismissal or nonsuit, post-verdict motions, and motions involving service of citation.