AD VILLARAI, LLC v. CHAN IL PAK

No. 16-0373.

519 S.W.3d 132 (2017)

AD VILLARAI, LLC, the Ashley Nicole Williams Trust, Villas on Raiford Carrollton Senior Housing, LLC, and Villas on Raiford, LLC, Petitioners, v. CHAN IL PAK, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

OPINION DELIVERED: May 12, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William F. LePage , Peter D'Apice , Stutzman Bromberg Esserman & Plifka, P.C., Dallas, David M. Pruessner , Law Offices of David M. Pruessner, Dallas, for Petitioners.

John C. Sokatch , James Robert Krause , Friedman & Feiger, LLP, Dallas, Jason Charles Ciarochi , Ciarochi Law Firm PLLC, Dallas, for Respondent.


The issue in this case is whether a newly elected district-court judge or the former judge she replaced may file findings of fact following a bench trial over which the former judge presided before his term expired. The court of appeals held that neither judge can file the findings. We agree that the new judge lacks authority to file the findings...

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