Jody Sanders
@jodyssanders.bsky.social
Attorney, TX Appellate Law Podcast Co-host, Dad jokes.
Some lawyers measure success by big verdicts or appellate wins. I just want to one day outpizza the Hut.
November 14, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Some lawyers measure success by big verdicts or appellate wins. I just want to one day outpizza the Hut.
These survey emails are getting a little aggressive.
November 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
These survey emails are getting a little aggressive.
Stores on 10/31 Stores on 11/1
November 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Stores on 10/31 Stores on 11/1
I never see the point in gate keeping the number of candies or the age of the trick or treater. If someone needs to take 20 pieces of candy, go crazy. I’m fortunate enough to be able to put out lots. Take what you need.
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 AM
I never see the point in gate keeping the number of candies or the age of the trick or treater. If someone needs to take 20 pieces of candy, go crazy. I’m fortunate enough to be able to put out lots. Take what you need.
Needed a Halloween costume scary to lawyers and judges so I decided to go as footnote citations.
October 31, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Needed a Halloween costume scary to lawyers and judges so I decided to go as footnote citations.
I guess one benefit of them doing construction on the floor above my office is that all the knocking and whining of power tools makes it sound haunted up there this week.
October 30, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I guess one benefit of them doing construction on the floor above my office is that all the knocking and whining of power tools makes it sound haunted up there this week.
I need a costume to wear to work on Friday that aptly sums up the anxiety and terror of the world at large. But it also must be business casual.
October 28, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I need a costume to wear to work on Friday that aptly sums up the anxiety and terror of the world at large. But it also must be business casual.
Middle schoolers don’t exactly speak a language. It’s really more of a “bro”-cabulary.
October 26, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Middle schoolers don’t exactly speak a language. It’s really more of a “bro”-cabulary.
Trying to decide if my Halloween costume should be:
Sans Serif Serif
Sans Serif Serif
October 26, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Trying to decide if my Halloween costume should be:
Sans Serif Serif
Sans Serif Serif
I feel like there a decent chance that when I stick my hand in this box that appeared in the office kitchen a trap is going snap shut and net will fall down. Oh well, nothing ventured nothing gained.
October 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
I feel like there a decent chance that when I stick my hand in this box that appeared in the office kitchen a trap is going snap shut and net will fall down. Oh well, nothing ventured nothing gained.
No fair weather fans at TCU/Baylor game today. 🌧️
October 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
No fair weather fans at TCU/Baylor game today. 🌧️
I’ve learned that the firm has installed a pellet ice machine, which I have renamed “Appellate Ice.” That is also the name of my appellate themed snocone stand.
October 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
I’ve learned that the firm has installed a pellet ice machine, which I have renamed “Appellate Ice.” That is also the name of my appellate themed snocone stand.
I gave a CLE to the Tarrant Young Lawyers today, which confirmed that I’m not young anymore. But I’m also not old. So I guess I’m officially Mid.
October 14, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I gave a CLE to the Tarrant Young Lawyers today, which confirmed that I’m not young anymore. But I’m also not old. So I guess I’m officially Mid.
I’m envious of all the 12-ft skeleton decorations but lack storage space for offseason. Wonder how people feel about skeleton cupid and Uncle Sam?
October 12, 2025 at 9:23 PM
I’m envious of all the 12-ft skeleton decorations but lack storage space for offseason. Wonder how people feel about skeleton cupid and Uncle Sam?
I'm thinking about doing an article/paper about the various issues involved in suspending a judgment on appeal. I can't decide if the better title is:
1. The Name's Bonds. Supersedeas Bonds.
or
2. How to Transform Your OK-sedeas Into a Supersedeas.
1. The Name's Bonds. Supersedeas Bonds.
or
2. How to Transform Your OK-sedeas Into a Supersedeas.
October 3, 2025 at 6:37 PM
I'm thinking about doing an article/paper about the various issues involved in suspending a judgment on appeal. I can't decide if the better title is:
1. The Name's Bonds. Supersedeas Bonds.
or
2. How to Transform Your OK-sedeas Into a Supersedeas.
1. The Name's Bonds. Supersedeas Bonds.
or
2. How to Transform Your OK-sedeas Into a Supersedeas.
I see lots of attorneys say that they specialize in “complex” civil cases. But no one ever claims to be a specialist in “simple” civil cases. Maybe it’s the lawyers who are making the simple complex. 🤔
October 2, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I see lots of attorneys say that they specialize in “complex” civil cases. But no one ever claims to be a specialist in “simple” civil cases. Maybe it’s the lawyers who are making the simple complex. 🤔
DFW attorneys—need some CLE? Come see us in Fort Worth on 10/24 to get 4 hours for $20.
October 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
DFW attorneys—need some CLE? Come see us in Fort Worth on 10/24 to get 4 hours for $20.
I’ve reached the age where I set reminders on my phone then forget what they mean when they pop up later.
September 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
I’ve reached the age where I set reminders on my phone then forget what they mean when they pop up later.
Harlan Oates
George Thurgood and the Destroyers
The Robert Jackson 5.
Alitosmith.
Clarence Clearwater Revival.
Blackmun-Turner Overdrive
The Rolling Harlan Fiske Stones.
George Thurgood and the Destroyers
The Robert Jackson 5.
Alitosmith.
Clarence Clearwater Revival.
Blackmun-Turner Overdrive
The Rolling Harlan Fiske Stones.
Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice
Byron White Stripes
Byron White Stripes
Ruin a band with a Supreme Court Justice
Queens of the Harlan Fiske Stone Age
Queens of the Harlan Fiske Stone Age
September 24, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Harlan Oates
George Thurgood and the Destroyers
The Robert Jackson 5.
Alitosmith.
Clarence Clearwater Revival.
Blackmun-Turner Overdrive
The Rolling Harlan Fiske Stones.
George Thurgood and the Destroyers
The Robert Jackson 5.
Alitosmith.
Clarence Clearwater Revival.
Blackmun-Turner Overdrive
The Rolling Harlan Fiske Stones.
Found a penny this morning. With inflation how far into the day will that luck get me?
September 23, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Found a penny this morning. With inflation how far into the day will that luck get me?
Well, the yard Ewoks are back.
September 20, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Well, the yard Ewoks are back.
Had a kid complain that everyone else was eating the cereal they wanted. Which was the perfect softball for me to ask “So they’re always after your Lucky Charms?”
a baseball player with the number 27 on his jersey is swinging at a pitch
ALT: a baseball player with the number 27 on his jersey is swinging at a pitch
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September 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Had a kid complain that everyone else was eating the cereal they wanted. Which was the perfect softball for me to ask “So they’re always after your Lucky Charms?”
Opening a new box of powdered detergent is like digging for buried treasure where the treasure is the scoop.
But the real treasure is the clothes we cleaned along the way.
But the real treasure is the clothes we cleaned along the way.
September 13, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Opening a new box of powdered detergent is like digging for buried treasure where the treasure is the scoop.
But the real treasure is the clothes we cleaned along the way.
But the real treasure is the clothes we cleaned along the way.
Every year this day reminds me to tell people how much they mean to me and hug loved ones extra tight.
September 11, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Every year this day reminds me to tell people how much they mean to me and hug loved ones extra tight.
The Texas Bar has launched its AI Toolkit for attorneys. Lots of good info here:
www.texasbarpractice.com/artificial-i...
www.texasbarpractice.com/artificial-i...
Artificial Intelligence Toolkit
This AI Toolkit offers useful information to Texas attorneys as they navigate the implementation of AI into their practices.
www.texasbarpractice.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The Texas Bar has launched its AI Toolkit for attorneys. Lots of good info here:
www.texasbarpractice.com/artificial-i...
www.texasbarpractice.com/artificial-i...