Judge Duane Lee Daniel

Applies to

Motion

Must include

certificate of conference

Motions must include a certificate stating that efforts to resolve the dispute without Court intervention were attempted and failed, with the efforts identified by date, action, and method; a motion without the certificate will not be set for hearing until it is filed.

Applies to

Email

Emails responding to a Judge’s inquiry must include the sender’s full name, mailing address, telephone number, applicable fax number, and applicable State Bar of Texas number.

Applies to

Setting request

Setting requests must be written and timely delivered, state the trial type and estimated duration, identify unresolved matters, and certify delivery to all counsel and self-represented parties.

Each attorney in charge must make a written ready-or-not-ready announcement that the Judge receives at least fourteen full days before the first day of the jury setting.

If counsel is unable to secure the client's written approval of the withdrawal, counsel must notify the client that the Court will approve the motion unless the client files a written objection within ten days.

Anticipated summary-judgment motions must be scheduled at the pretrial scheduling conference; other summary-judgment motions must be presented in time for a hearing at least 30 days before the final pretrial conference.

Letters to the Judge and emails responding to the Judge’s inquiry must be copied to all attorneys of record and any pro se parties.

Applies to

Setting request

A setting request must be delivered to all counsel and self-represented parties, and the request must certify that delivery.

Final pretrial matters must be served on opposing counsel and self-represented parties at least seven days before the conference, or earlier if law or court order requires.

Ex parte communications with the Court are prohibited, including electronic communications.

Anyone seeking information from the Court must direct the inquiry to the Court Coordinator.

Unsolicited messages to the Judge may be deleted unopened and, if read, may be disclosed to all parties.