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The Eastern District of Texas, for Collin and Denton Counties.
Collin and Denton Counties are in the Eastern District of Texas, not the Northern, so a Plano, Frisco or McKinney business’s federal case or bankruptcy is heard there. We take business and bankruptcy matters in the Eastern District from our Dallas office.
What we handle
- Contract and commercial litigation
- Business disputes for Collin and Denton County companies
- Removal and remand
- Chapter 11 and bankruptcy litigation
- Registering and enforcing a federal judgment
- Appeals to the Fifth Circuit
How we approach it
The Sherman Division includes Collin, Denton, Cooke and Grayson Counties and holds court in Sherman and Plano, and the district’s bankruptcy court hears its cases in Plano. The district also sits in Tyler, Marshall, Beaumont, Texarkana and Lufkin, and its civil docket is known nationally for patent cases.
John Henry presented “AI in Modern Litigation” at the Eastern District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference in November 2026. See Collin County and Denton County. Federal court in Texas · Northern District · Eastern District · Western District · Southern District · bankruptcy courts.
The court’s rules on AI
Eastern District of Texas. Local Rule AT-3(m) binds every attorney, and CV-11(g) every civil litigant: generative AI does not replace the lawyer’s independent judgment, and the lawyer must review and verify all content. Judge Crone in Beaumont (Standing Order MC-11) requires a certificate if AI drafted or helped draft a pleading, and Magistrate Judge Love in Tyler requires a certificate with all filings whether or not AI was used.
Fifth Circuit. No AI rule, by choice: it proposed a certificate in 2023 and dropped it, warning that using AI is no excuse for an otherwise sanctionable filing.
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
Is Plano in the Eastern District or the Northern District of Texas?
The Eastern District. Collin and Denton Counties are in its Sherman Division, which holds court in Plano.
Where does a Collin County business file bankruptcy?
In the Eastern District of Texas.
Do you take cases in the Eastern District?
Yes, from our Dallas office.