Texas Governor Greg Abbott swears in newly appointed judges to the Texas business courts at an official ceremony at Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday, September 19, 2024. Governor Abbott swore in a total of ten justices, two in each Business Court divisions in San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and Houston.The Texas Business Court specializing in complex business disputes began operations Sept. 1 before Gov.
“I think it benefits everybody,” Bullard said of writing opinions. “It benefits the parties, it benefits their lawyers, and it benefits the public, because the public can see what courts are doing and why they do it.”The new system adds Texas to the list of more than half of U.S. states that already have a business court system.are incorporated in the nation’s first state, said Ryan Wooten, a partner with the Orrick law firm who specializes in complex litigation.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks before swearing in newly appointed judges to the Texas business courts at Texas A&M University School of Law in Fort Worth, Texas on Thursday, September 19, 2024. Governor Abbott swore in a total of ten justices, two in each Business Court divisions in San Antonio, Dallas, Fort Worth, Austin and Houston.
Appointed judges may not reflect the ideology of local communities, Shelley said. He was particularly concerned about how that might impact the environmental cases that comprise much of his group’s activity in Texas. Appeals for cases of that nature brought against state agencies, as well as business court cases, will be heard in the new statewide 15th District Court of Appeals instead of Democratic-leaning Travis County courts.