Texas (90th Judicial District: Young and Stephens Counties): Standing Order Regarding Use…
Judge Phillip Gregory · 90th Judicial District Court of Texas (Young and Stephens Counties)
Verified September 30, 2026
- Citation
- Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence (90th Judicial District)
- Order date
- February 10, 2026
Summary
'All self-represented litigants and attorneys who utilize any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in connection with a case shall, before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, shall incorporate and certify using the form hereinbelow as a certificate within each pleading generated utilizing artificial intelligence.'
What does the order require?
- 'All self-represented litigants and attorneys who utilize any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in connection with a case shall, before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, shall incorporate and certify using the form hereinbelow as a certificate within each pleading generated utilizing artificial intelligence.'
- The certification states that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources before submission.
- The certification states that the signer understands they are and will be held responsible, and potentially sanctioned, for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply.
- 'All individuals entering the Courtroom, or court offices, or congregating in the hallway near the entrances thereto are prohibited from recording any of the activities, conversations, or other events occurring in the courtroom, or court offices.'
- 'Furthermore, the use of artificial intelligence is prohibited in the courtroom, or in court offices.'
- 'The use of artificial intelligence to record, listen to, or transcribe any activity in the courtroom from whatever vantage point, or court office, is strictly prohibited.'
- The certification form: 'I also understand that failure to do so may result in possible sanctions under the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Conduct, Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 10, and the inherent power of the Court, or for contempt of court for failing to comply with the Court's Standing Order.'
Practice areas: state civil
What the order requires
Judge Phillip Gregory of the 90th Judicial District Court (Young and Stephens Counties) signed this standing order on February 10, 2026 (filed for record in Stephens County on February 12, 2026). It applies to every pending or hereafter filed case in the 90th Judicial District Court.
The order has two operative parts. First, before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, attorneys and self-represented litigants must incorporate and sign the attached certification form within each pleading generated using AI. The certification covers language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis. Verification must be done through traditional (non-AI) legal sources before submission.
Second, the order prohibits the use of artificial intelligence in the courtroom or court offices, and specifically bars AI from recording, listening to, or transcribing any activity in the courtroom, from whatever vantage point, or in court offices. Anyone entering the courtroom or court offices, or congregating in the hallway near their entrances, is prohibited from recording activities, conversations, or other events occurring in the courtroom or court offices. That courtroom ban is not a restriction on using AI to prepare filings, so this entry does not flag the order as prohibiting AI use.
Scope
The order applies in both counties of the 90th Judicial District, Young and Stephens. It binds attorneys and self-represented litigants who use AI for legal research or drafting in connection with a case in the district.
Practitioner workflow
Firms with 90th District matters may wish to keep the certificate with brief templates for pleadings prepared with AI, and to tell staff and witnesses that AI-enabled devices used to listen to or transcribe proceedings are prohibited inside the courtroom and court offices.
Primary source
Standing order PDF: https://newtools.cira.state.tx.us/upload/page/2590/2026/Updated%20Standing%20Order.pdf