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The Houston bankruptcy court, where the large cases go.
The Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas in Houston is one of the busiest venues in the country for large Chapter 11 cases. We represent creditors, landlords and businesses with a stake in a case there.
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
A large case brings hundreds of creditors and tight deadlines: claims bar dates, objections to sales and plans, and lease assumption or rejection. What a small creditor or landlord can do turns on acting within them.
See assuming an unexpired lease, relief from the automatic stay and the district court. N.D. Tex. bankruptcy · E.D. Tex. bankruptcy · W.D. Tex. bankruptcy · S.D. Tex. bankruptcy.
The court’s rules on AI
Bankruptcy Court, S.D. Tex. Since 29 October 2026 its local rules bring in the district’s General Order 2025-04: the signer is responsible regardless of whether AI drafted the filing. Both reported Texas bankruptcy sanctions for AI-fabricated authority came from this court.
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
Which bankruptcy court is in Houston?
The Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas.
Does this court have an AI rule?
Yes, by incorporation: since 29 October 2026 its local rules bring in the district’s General Order 2025-04, under which the signer is responsible for a filing regardless of whether AI drafted it.
Do you represent landlords and creditors?
Yes.