Calculate Texas state and federal court deadlines in seconds. Built by a Texas litigation attorney for Texas litigation attorneys — every rule citation verified, every calculation holiday-aware.
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From the first answer deadline to post-judgment costs — state, federal, and local rules in one tool.
TexasLawDate™ exports your entire docket — or any single matter — directly to Microsoft Outlook as all-day calendar events. Every deadline appears at the top of your day view, not buried at 11:59 PM where it would be invisible.
Each district's rules are implemented as of their most recent effective date. We track amendments so you don't have to.
After calculating deadlines, one click generates a plain-English breakdown, a two-week action plan, a client-ready email draft, and strategic flags — a feature no other Texas civil deadline calculator on the market currently offers.
The deadline output below was calculated by the live TexasLawDate™ engine — not a mock-up. Every date, rule citation, and calculation is engine-verified.
Actual output from the live TexasLawDate™ engine · Service date: Jun 16, 2026 · Day 20 falls on Monday Jul 6 → answer due Monday NEXT following: Jul 13, 2026 at 10:00 AM per TRCP Rules 99 & 4 · Initial Disclosures: Aug 12, 2026 per TRCP Rule 194.2
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The most popular legal practice management apps score as low as 2.1 out of 5 stars from attorneys in the App Store — with complaints that directly affect deadline reliability. TexasLawDate™ was built to solve exactly these problems.
National deadline software is designed to cover every state — which means it covers Texas superficially at best. These are the recurring complaints Texas attorneys have reported about generic national tools, and how TexasLawDate™ was built to solve each one.
| What Texas Attorneys Report About National Tools | TexasLawDate™ |
|---|---|
| ✗ "Very little Texas-based deadline options. You cannot customize your own deadline set." | ✓ Texas-only focus. Every deadline rule in TexasLawDate™ is a Texas rule — TRCP Rules 99, 166a (updated March 1, 2026), 190, 191, 193–205, 215, and 500+ series — plus full local rules for all four U.S. District Courts in Texas. Texas is not an add-on. It is the entire product. |
| ✗ "Will not show the underlying statutes that are critical for an attorney." | ✓ Every deadline shows its exact rule citation. Not just the deadline name — the specific rule subsection (e.g., TRCP Rule 166a(c)(1); N.D. Tex. LR 56.2(b)). Attorneys can verify every single calculation against the governing rule instantly. |
| ✗ "Requires integration with third-party software — Clio, MyCase, PracticePanther — to function. Integration often doesn't work as advertised." | ✓ Completely standalone. TexasLawDate™ requires no integration with any other software. No Clio account. No MyCase subscription. No PracticePanther license. Open your browser, enter your trigger date, get your deadlines. That's it. |
| ✗ "Deadlines do not automatically sync to your calendar without Office 365. Requires an additional Microsoft subscription." | ✓ Works with any version of Outlook. No Office 365 required. TexasLawDate™ exports to standard .ics files — the universal calendar format supported by every version of Outlook, Google Calendar, and Apple Calendar. No additional Microsoft subscription. No add-in to install. Double-click the file — your deadlines import. |
| ✗ "It does not allow 3-day reminders — only 7-day reminders." | ✓ Three automatic reminders on every deadline. 14 days, 7 days, and 1 day — embedded in every .ics calendar export automatically. No manual setup. No additional steps. |
| ✗ "Errors in automatic date calculation." "As new statutes arise, it has difficulty keeping up with new changes and/or amendments." | ✓ Built and maintained by a Texas litigation attorney. TexasLawDate™ was developed by a licensed Texas attorney with 25+ years of courtroom experience who validates every rule interpretation personally. Rule updates — like the March 1, 2026 TRCP Rule 166a rewrite — are encoded immediately with precise subsection-level accuracy. |
| ✗ "Difficulty adding new employees." "Would only sell subscription based on total number of attorneys in the entire firm — no single license available." | ✓ Simple seat-based pricing. Invite a team member in seconds. The firm admin enters an email address and clicks Send Invite. The team member receives a secure magic-link login and is in the app immediately. Plans start at $59/month for 2 users — no minimum attorney count, no case-based pricing, cancel anytime. |
| ✗ No national docketing tool distinguishes between Level 2 (TRCP 190.3) and Level 3 (TRCP 190.4) discovery — or generates different deadline sets based on the discovery level alleged in the plaintiff's Original Petition. | ✓ Texas Discovery Level Intelligence — Level 2 vs. Level 3 (TRCP 190.3; 190.4). Under TRCP 190.1, the plaintiff must allege the discovery level in the first paragraph of the Original Petition. TexasLawDate™ asks you to select Level 2 or Level 3. Level 2 generates a full back-calculated deadline set from your trial date and Answer date. Level 3 directs you to the DCO Parser — because the court-issued DCO controls. No other Texas deadline tool makes this distinction. |
| ✗ Per-case or per-matter pricing — attorneys must calculate cost-effectiveness before adding each new case to the system. | ✓ Unlimited matters. One flat monthly fee. Input 10 cases or 100 cases — your monthly price never changes based on case count. Pricing is per user seat only, never per matter. |
Not Legal Advice. TexasLawDate™ is a deadline calculation tool for licensed attorneys. Calculations are based on user-supplied trigger dates and published rules. Individual judge standing orders, emergency court closures, or local amendments may not be reflected. Attorneys remain solely responsible for independently verifying all deadlines before reliance.
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