David F. Johnson recently presented his paper on “Summary Judgments in Texas” at the State Bar of Texas’s Advanced Civil Appellate Course in Austin, Texas. This presentation included a discussion of the finality of summary judgments, the standard and scope of review of traditional and no-evidence summary judgments in the trial court and court of appeals, preservation of error hot topics, recent Texas Supreme Court decisions impacting summary judgments, challenging the denial of a motion for summary judgment, and record/briefing issues.