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Week of December 21, 2009
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Happy Holidays to You and Yours from the Austin Bar Staff
The Austin Bar Association would like to extend warm wishes to you and your family this holiday season. We hope you are able to take some time away from your desk and office to enjoy the important things in life: family, friends, and relaxing.
The Austin Bar staff will be out doing the same Dec. 24, 25, and Jan. 1. If you have any Austin Bar business, please let us know what we can do for you before or between these dates. Once again, Happy Holidays!
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Street Smart Safety Training, Jan. 5
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 5
Time: noon
Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700
Cost: Free. Lunch will not be provided but you are welcome to bring your own.
RSVP to Debbie Kelly at Debbie@austinbar.org or 472-0279, x105.
Atlanta-Metro Crime Prevention Task Force is an independent task force of former law enforcement officers with the credentials and experience necessary to provide the highest standard of crime prevention education. They are confident that you will find this program to be the most professional, informative, educational, and thought-provoking program of its kind.
This program and the information provided can help reduce an individual's chance of becoming a victim of crime by as much as 70 percent. The information presented provides excellent defense for workplace violence as well as individual, home, and automobile safety. Subjects covered in the program highlight current crimes that threaten our families and employees.
A.M.C.P. Instructors have provided this training to various government agencies, military bases, schools, businesses, and associations for over 11 years. RSVP to Debbie Kelly at Debbie@austinbar.org or 472-0279, x105 to take part.
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Online Bench Book Brings Judges to Your Fingertips
The Austin Bar Association is proud to announce the launch of the online Travis County Bench Book: Court Resource Guide.
For Austin Bar members only, the new online resource provides profiles on local district, county, and federal judges; links to local rules and court Web sites; and various other types of information. The judicial profiles include questionnaires developed by the Austin Bar Judicial Affairs Committee and completed by each individual judge. Answers address issues about how to file various motions in a specific court, voir dire procedures, court decorum, staff contacts, preferences, and pet peeves.
Austin Bar members can visit the Austin Bar Web site at www.austinbar.org, click on the "Member Area" button at the right end of the top navigation menu bar. Once you are logged in, click on the "Bench Book" button on the left navigation bar. The online Bench Book allows members to view the information on-screen, print out individual profiles, or download the guide in its entirety.
If you have any questions or comments about this new resource guide, please contact Kat Hinson at 472-0279, x107 or Kat@austinbar.org.
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Have You Paid Your 2010 Austin Bar Dues?
Final notices for Austin Bar dues are in the mail and on their way to those who haven't paid for 2010. Don't miss out on all we have planned for the upcoming year!
Also, please remember that your 2010 dues must be paid by Jan. 11, 2010, to vote in the upcoming Judicial Preference Poll.
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Apply to the Civil Courts Attorney Ad Litem Appointment List
Effective immediately, the Civil Courts will accept applications of attorneys who wish to be placed on the Civil Courts Attorney Ad Litem Appointment List pursuant to Texas Government Code, Sections 74.092 and 74.098 for appointments not made under the Family Code, the Health & Safety Code, the Human Resources Code, the Texas Trust Code (Subtitle B, Title 9, Property Code), or the Texas Probate Code.
Any attorney who wishes to complete an application should contact the District Judges’ Office, Heman Marion Sweatt Courthouse, 1000 Guadalupe St., Room 327, Austin, Texas, or visit their Web site.
This is a separate list than the attorneys on the Child Protective Services (CPS) appointment list.
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Featured Member Benefit: Law Firm Merchant Account by Affiniscape
The Law Firm Merchant Account, credit card processing for attorneys, is a custom payment solution designed with the input of bar associations and legal professionals. Affiniscape Merchant Solutions examined the requirements for handling client funds and developed a payment solution that resolves the ethical dilemma attorneys face when processing credit cards. The Law Firm Merchant Account is endorsed and recommended by over 50 bar associations nationwide as the correct way to process credit cards. To learn more, click here or call 366-6974.
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Upcoming Meetings
SECTIONS:
There are no Section meetings at this time.
COMMITTEES:
The following Austin Bar Committees are meeting at the Austin Bar office, 816 Congress, Suite 700.
Parking is available in the adjacent garage, accessible from 9th Street. Please feel free to attend any that interest you.
Since lunch is provided, please RSVP by noon the previous day to Marissa@austinbar.org or call 472-0279 with your name and the name of the committee.
There are no Committee meetings at this time.
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Proud corporate sponsors of the Austin Bar Association
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