Judge Christine Hortick has vowed to pull out of Bexar County's Presiding Court system for civil cases, calling it inefficient, costly and unfair.
In a rare rebellion by a judge against court procedures, Judge Christine Hortick said she intends to pursue her challenge to Bexar County ’s system for scheduling pretrial hearings in civil cases all the way to the Texas Supreme Court .
Bexar County judge goes rogue, rebels against civil court scheduling system Under that 62-year-old system in Bexar County, pretrial hearings are assigned to different civil court judges rather than staying with the same one all the way through the case. Hortick maintains the system is outmoded because attorneys have to “rehash the basics” when a pretrial issue is assigned to a judge unfamiliar with the case.
Bexar County Judge Christine Hortick goes rogue, rebels against civil court scheduling system The order from Harle and Valdés requires Hortick to serve as Presiding Court judge during the month of September, but Hortick doesn’t plan to follow that directive. She said she will ask the state’s high court to issue a stay of the order so she is not held in contempt.
Presiding Court Texas Supreme Court San Antonio Express-News University Of Massachusetts-Boston St. Mary's University School Of Law Christine Hortick Sid Harle Jacqueline ``Jackie'' Valdés Peter Sakai RELATED Bexar County South Texas 4Th Administrative Judicial Region Valdés
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