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The Eastern District bankruptcy court, and the rules on AI we presented to it.
Collin and Denton County businesses file bankruptcy in the Eastern District of Texas, whose bankruptcy court hears Sherman Division cases in Plano. On 6 November 2026 John Henry presented “AI in Modern Litigation” to this court’s Bench Bar Conference: what every Texas court now requires of a lawyer who uses AI, and how the tools fail in a brief.
What we handle
- Chapter 11 reorganizations and sales
- Relief from the automatic stay
- Assuming or rejecting leases and contracts
- Dismissal and conversion
- Claims objections and adversary proceedings
- Creditors’ rights in a debtor’s case
How we approach it
The talk read every Texas federal judge’s page and standing orders, all four bankruptcy courts’ rules and every local rule in this district’s counties. Its finding for this court: Local Bankruptcy Rule 1001-1(i) makes the district’s attorney standards apply here, so Local Rule AT-3(m)’s duty to “review and verify all content” binds bankruptcy practitioners. The district court’s CV-11(g) and the AI certificates two district judges require do not come in. The talk, the slides and the full Texas reference.
See the district court, Collin County and Denton County. N.D. Tex. bankruptcy · E.D. Tex. bankruptcy · W.D. Tex. bankruptcy · S.D. Tex. bankruptcy.
The court’s rules on AI
Bankruptcy Court, E.D. Tex. LBR 1001-1(i) applies the district’s Local Rule AT-3, so the lawyer must review and verify all content. No certificate is required; CV-11(g) and the district judges’ certificates do not apply here.
No Texas bankruptcy judge has an AI order of their own. On appeal to the district court, the district’s rules and the assigned judge’s orders apply.
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.
Questions people ask
Does the Eastern District bankruptcy court have an AI rule?
Yes, by incorporation: LBR 1001-1(i) applies the district’s Local Rule AT-3, and AT-3(m) requires the lawyer to review and verify all content. It does not require a certificate.
Where does a Plano or Frisco business file bankruptcy?
In the Eastern District of Texas.
Can I get the materials from the Bench Bar talk?
Yes. The slides and the Texas AI rules reference are on the AI in litigation page.