--- title: "Sally Lundberg Montgomery | KnowJudges" canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sally-lundberg-montgomery" page_type: "judge_profile" updated: "2026-07-28" --- # Sally Lundberg Montgomery Texas County Court at Law No. 3 · Judge, Dallas County Court at Law No. 3 ## Profile - Court: Texas County Court at Law No. 3 - State: Texas - Role: Judge, Dallas County Court at Law No. 3 - Service status: active - Last verified: 2026-07-28 ## Summary Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge. ## Before you appear - Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed. - Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance. - Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding. ## Courtroom Rules ### courtroom technology and trial materials Scope: courtroom specific The courtroom provides a blackboard, easel, ELMO, overhead projector, and video equipment. Evidence excerpt: Audio/Visual Equipment: The Court provides a blackboard, easel, Elmo, overhead projector, and video equipment. [Dallas County Court at Law No. 3 Procedures](https://www.dallascounty.org/Assets/uploads/docs/courts/county-court-at-law/law3/Court-Procedures-CCL3.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-28 ### civil remote appearances Scope: statewide In civil district and county court proceedings, the court may permit or require electronic participation after appropriate notice; compelled electronic participation for oral-testimony proceedings requires good cause or party agreement, and a jury trial requires party agreement. Evidence excerpt: Upon appropriate notice by a party or the court, a court may allow or require a participant to appear at a court proceeding by videoconference, teleconference, or other available electronic means, except as otherwise provided in (2). [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ### civil recording and broadcasting Scope: statewide Civil district and county trial courts may permit courtroom recording or broadcasting only under Supreme Court guidelines, with the required party and witness consent, or for ceremonial proceedings. Evidence excerpt: A trial court may permit broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing of proceedings in the courtroom only in the following circumstances: [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18c, Recording and Broadcasting of Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf) Source checked: 2026-07-26 ## Sources - [Official profile](https://www.dallascounty.org/government/courts/county_court_at_law/law3/) - [Official roster](https://www.dallascounty.org/government/courts/county_court_at_law/law3/) - [Dallas County Court at Law No. 3 official judicial roster](https://www.dallascounty.org/government/courts/county_court_at_law/law3/) - [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf) - [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 18c, Recording and Broadcasting of Court Proceedings](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf) - [Dallas County Court at Law No. 3 Procedures](https://www.dallascounty.org/Assets/uploads/docs/courts/county-court-at-law/law3/Court-Procedures-CCL3.pdf) ## JSON-LD ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "WebPage", "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sally-lundberg-montgomery", "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sally-lundberg-montgomery", "name": "Sally Lundberg Montgomery | KnowJudges", "description": "Sally Lundberg Montgomery, Texas County Court at Law No. 3. 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(1980) - in Environmental Studies, University of North Texas — M.A. (1976) - in Mathematics and Biology, Southern Methodist University — B.A. (1972) ### Additional information - Elected 2002 to the County Court at Law No. 3 bench. - Montgomery presides over Dallas County Court at Law No. 3, located at the George L. Allen, Sr. Courts Building, 600 Commerce Street, Dallas, TX 75202. - Recognized for her high case disposition rate and low reversal rate, having moved over 38,000 cases through her court in the past 18 years. - Montgomery has held the role of President of the Texas Association of County Courts-at-Law Judges and is a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation and Life Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Foundation. - The court handles a wide range of civil cases, including commercial disputes, torts, and other matters under Texas law. - Prior to her judicial career, she taught chemistry at Ursuline Academy and Thomas Jefferson High School. ## Published courtroom rules ### Shared court rules - [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-119ce7e69a3752f1da3cfce0) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26. - [Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 21d, Appearances at Court Proceedings](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-a5f587f769df9f3231ef4f9a) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim. Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1462948/texas-rules-of-civil-procedure-july-1-2026.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.