Judgment
$85,212
Judgment for our client on its contract claim, plus fees and interest. Dallas County Court at Law No. 2.
2017
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Dallas County litigation, from a Dallas office.
Contract, business, lease and real estate cases in the Dallas County courts, for plaintiffs and defendants. Our Dallas office is in the city, and we take cases across the county — Dallas, Irving, Garland, Richardson, Mesquite and the rest.
What we handle
- Breach of contract and business disputes
- Disputes between business owners
- Commercial lease defaults
- Real estate and title disputes
- Suits on account and business debt collection
- Post-judgment collection and appeals
How we approach it
Justice courts hear civil claims up to $20,000. Above that, the Dallas County courts at law share civil jurisdiction with the district courts regardless of the amount in controversy, so a case may be filed in either. A case is generally filed in the county where the events happened or where the defendant lives, and a case about land in the county where the land is.
Appeals from Dallas County go to the Fifth Court of Appeals. See Dallas business litigation and civil appeals.
The court’s rules on AI
Texas state courts. No statewide rule on AI is in force. In June 2026 the Supreme Court of Texas preliminarily approved a new Rule 13 under which signing a filing certifies that the signer verified it, including that its citations, quotations and holdings are not fabricated; no final order had issued. The Business Court’s Local Rule 10(c) permits AI but makes the filer independently responsible for every filing. The courts of appeals have no AI rules but sanction fabricated authority under their inherent power, as the Dallas court did in 2025, and Ethics Opinion 705 advises verifying every output, protecting confidences and supervising its use.
Checked against each court’s own rules and orders on 5 November 2026 for John Henry’s talk “AI in Modern Litigation” at the Eastern District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference. Rules change; the full reference, with every order cited, is on the AI in litigation page.
Related results
Summary judgment
$71,862
Summary judgment for our client, plus $3,500 in fees. Dallas County Court at Law No. 5.
2014
Summary judgment
$27,185
Summary judgment on a commercial account, plus $2,500 in fees. Dallas County Court at Law No. 4.
2016
Contract
Final judgment
Partial summary judgment and then final judgment for our client. Dallas County Court at Law No. 3.
2014
Judgment enforcement
Discovery compelled
A foreign judgment domesticated in Dallas County and post-judgment discovery compelled for our client, the judgment creditor. 101st District Court.
2016–17
Judgment
$10,241
Judgment on a commercial account, plus attorney’s fees. Dallas County Court at Law No. 2.
2016
Title company
Final judgment
Default final judgment for our clients in a dispute between title companies. 44th District Court, Dallas County.
2013
Agreed judgment
$2,457
Agreed judgment on a commercial account. Dallas County Justice Court.
2015
Commercial collection
3 judgments
Judgments for our client on oilfield services accounts in the Dallas County justice courts, two by default and one by agreement.
2016
Judgment
Paid in full
Judgment on a commercial account, paid in full. Dallas County Justice Court.
2015
Past results depend on the facts of each case and do not predict a similar outcome. Confidential matters are described without their terms.
Questions people ask
Do you take cases in the Dallas County courts?
Yes. Our Dallas office takes civil and business cases in the Dallas County district courts, county courts at law and justice courts.
Which Dallas County court handles my case?
Justice courts hear civil claims up to $20,000. Above that, the Dallas County courts at law and the district courts share civil jurisdiction regardless of the amount, except for kinds of cases the statutes reserve to the district courts.
Where do Dallas County appeals go?
To the Fifth Court of Appeals, in Dallas.