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The Fourth Court of Appeals, for San Antonio and South Texas.
The Fourth Court of Appeals in San Antonio hears civil appeals from Bexar County and a large district reaching south to Laredo and west into the Hill Country.
What we handle
- Notices of appeal and the deadlines that govern them
- Briefing an appeal, or defending a judgment
- Restricted appeals from default judgments
- Superseding a judgment pending appeal
- Interlocutory and accelerated appeals
- Mandamus
How we approach it
The court sits in San Antonio. Its district includes Bexar, Webb, Kerr and many South and West Texas counties.
We have taken judgments in the Bexar County courts at law and enforced them out of state. civil appeals · restricted appeals · superseding a judgment.
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.
Questions people ask
Which court hears appeals from Bexar County?
The Fourth Court of Appeals, in San Antonio.
Does it hear Laredo appeals?
Yes. Webb County is in its district.
Where does the court sit?
In San Antonio.