‘Full Speed Ahead’: Business Courts, Fifteenth Court of Appeals Hold First Hearing, Oral Arguments

October 17, 2024 Krista Torralva

AUSTIN — The new Fifteenth Court of Appeals has no permanent courtroom, but that won’t stop the justices from hearing inaugural oral arguments later this month, in space borrowed from the Court of Criminal Appeals.

A little more than a month after the Sept. 1 launch of the statewide business courts and appellate court, the judiciary is still working out some logistics and hiring staff, but the Office of Court Administration and lawyers who have begun practicing in the courts are upbeat about the progress that’s been made. The launch has been “so far, so good,” OCA Director Megan LaVoie told The Texas Lawbook.

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