33rd / 424th District Courts

(Updated 10/21/2008 to realign San Saba County)

Effective January 1, 2007 Oct 1, 2008 the two districts will be "virtually" segregated so that

• the 33rd will handle, primarily, all cases in Burnet and San Saba county and
• the 424th will handle, primarily, all cases in Blanco, Llano and San Saba counties.

Each judge will manage the docket in his respective counties totally separately from the other. Thus, whether you are on a civil, criminal or juvenile docket you may have settings in more than one county of the two districts before each of the courts. That's the case now anyway, but it may occur more frequently. When that occurs, resolve the conflict through the coordinator (see below) for the court where you feel conflict exists.

Also, the coordination staff will be aligned differently, and this change is effective immediately.

Instead of a civil/criminal division the following judge/staff alignment will occur:
For Judge Jones (33rd): coordinator is Sheila Smith (direct line 512-715-5219); reporter remains Stephanie Larsen.
For Judge Mills (424th): coordinator is Cindy Keele (direct line 512-756-5438); reporter remains Jennifer Hoffman.

As of March 8, 2007 we added the position of Administrative Assistant which has been filled by Sheila Pancoast Stewart. Her primary role is to support the two Court Coordinators.

The Standing Orders contain a copy of the administrative order of Oct 1, 2008 effecting this change, and it is filed in each of the clerk's offices. You will note that in San Saba all  cases will be transferred on the docket to the 424th.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the judges will occasionally sit for one another, usually on jury trial weeks.

This article supercedes the following:

Where to file -- 33rd or 424th?

New Master Scheduling Matrix for 33rd / 424th Case Division and Docket Management