Jody Sanders

I’m not saying I’m a Bad Boy Appellate Lawyer, but sometimes I’ll cite an unpublished case without the “(not designated for publication)” at the end.

Turns out that the Beat It music video was actually a documentary about the Founding Fathers.

If you live in Texas, early voting is going. Please go vote!! (And if you live in another state, go vote there!)

If any state really wanted to ensure voter turnout, they’d ban people from sending any more mailers, texts, or commercials to someone after they vote.

Now that the weather’s cooled off, I’m finally seeing some fall colors.

I see that cooler weather has transitioned the dress code in downtown FW from sleeveless vests to quarter zips.

I may not believe in the Great Pumpkin. But I believe Reese’s pumpkins are the Greatest Pumpkins.

Everyone in DFW’s plans for tonight:

It’s gotten so dry here that even the raccoons dragged a sprinkler into my yard to try to water it.

I got to argue at the Texas Supreme Court today. Always a pleasure!

It’s 101 degrees with 20 mph winds. Now I know what it’s like to live in a hair dryer.

The closest I’ll get to going to UMich law.

Been to some great lakes lately. Specifically, Huron, Michigan, and Superior.

In honor of July 4th, looks like my office is revolting against tyranny:

Big Ball’s in Cowtown.

I’ve reached the age where—if I want to read a book by a pool—I have to take both reading and sun glasses.

Singing a solo or giving a CLE?

Respect for the chaotic energy of the car across from me whose inspection/registration expired in 2022.

“Man, the grocery store is playing some real bangers today,” he said just before he tripped and fell into a giant puddle of middle age.

Another beautiful Spring day where I walk outside and wonder: Is it lightly raining or are birds peeing on my head?

Thinking about renaming people I don’t want to talk to as “Spam Risk” in my phone.

TFW you hit your move goal on trips back and forth to the buffet line.

Trying to hit my move goal with trips to and from the buffet.

Time for a traditional three Cadbury Egg Easter morning omelette.

If I didn’t watch Artemis I, am I going to be totally lost watching Artemis II?

My dog every time I ask her to stop barking at squirrels in the back yard.

Based on the spam texts I keep getting there are apparently roving gangs of roofers and tree trimmers every week that just wander my neighborhood looking for problems to solve. You’d think by now they’d have fixed it all. 🤔

Sometimes in litigation you find yourself opposite what I call the YOLO lawyer:

I’d like to take it easy I’d like to play it cool But girl I wanna move faster Than the new Texas MSJ rule. #lawyervalentines

You’re the perfect partner You mean the world me Our love’s more unbelievable Than a brief from chatGPT. #lawyervalentines

Somehow in January I did twice as much as I expected yet only accomplished half of what I’d planned.

The weather is forecasting “Thundersleet,” which sounds like the greatest German metal band that should have existed.

Weekend plans:

“Oh pho,” I said as I spilled soup on myself at lunch today.

I started to write today’s date as January 57th, but it turns out it’s only the 12th.

This week’s @texapplawpod.bsky.social features Justice David Gunn from Texas’s First COA talking about things he’s learned on the next about what works and doesn’t work with the appellate system. Enjoy! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

7 days into January, people have not only circled back; they’ve also squared, triangles, rhombused, and just generally polygonned up the whole month already.

Just saw an opossum walking down the neighborhood sidewalk like it owned the place. Which I’m taking as an omen that in 2026 anything is possumble.

Instead of New Year’s resolutions I’m setting an over/under for how long it takes me to stop putting 2025 for the year. Currently I’m at 4.5 weeks.

Check out this month’s Texas Bar Journal for an article from me about attorney’s fees.

I was way older than I should have been when I learned that it wasn’t “four collie birds” in the 12 Days of Christmas. It’s amazing what people singing in a Texas accent sound like.