From a quick look at the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, I can tell practice in Texas is going to be a barrel of monkeys it will be so much fun. It's as if a group of people met in a room, threw a variety of rule options up in the air, then whatever they grabbed before it landed on the floor made its way into the rule book. In short, it's a mess. Regardless, here I sit with my Texas Courts book sifting through it all, trying to make sense of it. On the list of topics are how to get around default judgments, interlocutory review, pleadings, joinder, venue, discovery, privileges, summary judgment, sufficiency of the evidence, all things "jury," verdicts, judgments, motions for new trials, appeals and plenary power, and, finally, complex litigation. See? A barrel of monkeys. Just a few more days and life will resume, I swear.
