Lack of trials is tribulation, say district court judges In a series of interviews with Managing IP, four of the busiest district court judges in the US said their top priority this year was to restart jury trials as soon as possible – but noted that the process would be tricky, and that they needed professionalism and understanding from attorneys to make it work. “My first, second, third and fourth priorities this year are the same – getting back to trials. There really is no number two,” says Judge Alan Albright of the District Court for the Western District of Texas, the US’s