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Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle

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Filing RequirementsCivil cases

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A party must supplement its certificate of interested persons within ten business days of any changes to the information filed.

Summary: Certificate of interested persons must be supplemented within 10 business days of any changes

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Certificate Of Interested Persons

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Standing Order JDK-7-1 · Feb 2023 · p. 1|SecSTANDING ORDER JDK-7-1: DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS
Filing RequirementsCivil cases

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At the time of a party's first appearance in any civil or miscellaneous action assigned to the undersigned (including following removal), the party must file as a standalone docket entry a signed certificate of interested persons that contains: All information required by Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 7.1(a); and A complete list of all persons, associations of persons, firms, partnerships, corporations, guarantors, insurers, affiliates, parent or subsidiary corporations, or other legal entities that are financially interested in the outcome of the case.

Summary: Parties must file a certificate of interested persons as a standalone docket entry at first appearance, containing FRCP 7.1(a) information and a complete list of financially interested entities.

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Certificate Of Interested Persons

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Standing Order JDK-7-1 · Feb 2023 · p. 1|SecSTANDING ORDER JDK-7-1: DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS
Filing RequirementsCivil cases

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At the time of a party’s first appearance in any civil or miscellaneous action assigned to the undersigned (including following removal), the party must file as a standalone docket entry a signed certificate of interested persons that contains:

Summary: Certificate of interested persons required at first appearance in civil cases

Document Type

Certificate Of Interested Persons

Specific requirements detailed in rule text.
Standing Order JDK-7-1 · Feb 2023 · p. 1|SecSTANDING ORDER JDK-7-1: DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS
Filing RequirementsCivil cases

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A party must supplement its certificate of interested persons within ten business days of any changes to the information filed.

Summary: Parties must supplement their certificate of interested persons within ten business days of any changes.

Document Type

Certificate Of Interested Persons

Specific requirements detailed in rule text.
Standing Order JDK-7-1 · Feb 2023 · p. 1|SecSTANDING ORDER JDK-7-1: DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS
Filing RequirementsCivil cases

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If a party concurs in the accuracy of another party's previously filed certificate, the party may adopt that certificate by reference.

Summary: Parties may adopt another party's certificate by reference if they concur in its accuracy.

Document Type

Certificate Of Interested Persons

Specific requirements detailed in rule text.
Standing Order JDK-7-1 · Feb 2023 · p. 1|SecSTANDING ORDER JDK-7-1: DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS
About United States District Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle

**District Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle** was appointed to the Eastern District of Texas by President Donald Trump in 2018. He was nominated on January 23, 2018, confirmed by the Senate on October 11, 2018, and received his commission on November 2, 2018. Before his appointment, Judge Kernodle was a partner at Haynes and Boone, where he founded and chaired the firm's False Claims Act practice group. He also served as an attorney-advisor in the Office of Legal Counsel at the U.S. Department of Justice from 2005 to the time he joined Haynes Boone. Earlier in his career, he practiced appellate and commercial litigation at Covington & Burling in Washington, D.C., and clerked for Judge Gerald Bard Tjoflat of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In 2024, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Jr. appointed Judge Kernodle to serve on the Committee on Codes of Conduct of the Judicial Conference of the United States. **Education** - Vanderbilt University Law School, J.D., with highest honors, first in class, 2001 - Harding University, B.A. and B.B.A., summa cum laude, 1998 **Career** - Law clerk to Hon. Gerald Bard Tjoflat, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (2001–2002) - Associate, Covington & Burling, Washington, D.C. (2002–2005) - Attorney-Advisor, Office of Legal Counsel, U.S. Department of Justice (2005–) - Partner, Haynes and Boone (founding chair, False Claims Act practice group)

**Courthouse:** William M. Steger Federal Building and United States Courthouse, 221 W. Ferguson, First Floor, Tyler, TX 75702 **Phone:** (903) 590-1091 **Fax:** (903) 590-1095 **Chambers Staff** - Courtroom Deputy: Suzanne Wimberley

Common questions about Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle's rules

What must be included with certificate of interested persons filings before Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle?

The rule requires certificate of interested persons and statement of interested persons. Certificate of interested persons required at first appearance in civil cases

View ruleSource: page 1, section STANDING ORDER JDK-7-1: DISCLOSURE STATEMENTS
Complete rules summary for Judge Jeremy D. Kernodle

Certificate of interested persons required at first appearance in civil cases

Certificate of interested persons must be supplemented within 10 business days of any changes

Parties must file a certificate of interested persons as a standalone docket entry at first appearance, containing FRCP 7.1(a) information and a complete list of financially interested entities.

Parties may adopt another party's certificate by reference if they concur in its accuracy.

Parties must supplement their certificate of interested persons within ten business days of any changes.

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