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David H. Walter Nomination Deadline Extended

The deadline for applications for the David H. Walter Community Excellence Award has been extended until Oct. 1, 2025.

The recipient of the award will be honored at the 2026 Austin Bar Foundation Gala.

We invite you to nominate an Austin Bar member who has recently made a significant impact in the community and, at the same time, raised the profile of the profession.

Nominate someone here.

Pro Bono Fall Festival Rescheduled for Nov. 8

The 2025 Pro Bono Fall Festival has been rescheduled for Saturday, Nov. 8, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.

Please note: You will need to bring your own chair, and the costume contest is still on.

Last year, this great, family-friendly event, co-hosted by the Austin Bar Association and the Austin Bar Foundation, raised more than $8,000 to provide free legal services to individuals in Travis and adjoining counties. Help us top this amount by purchasing some tickets or buying a sponsorship package!

All sponsorship packages include tickets to the event, where you and your family can enjoy:

- Halloween costume contest for children and adults

- Face painting

- Magic show

- Bouncy house

- Balloon art

- Food truck

- Kona shaved ice truck

- Cotton candy

and more!

Date: Saturday, Nov. 8, 2025

Time: 10 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Location: South Austin Recreation Center, 1100 Cumberland Road, Austin, TX, 78704

You can still purchase tickets and sponsorships. Please note: The deadline to be featured on the sponsor poster at the event has passed, but new sponsors will be added to the poster featured in the December/January issue of Austin Lawyer.

Thank you to our current sponsors (as of Nov. 3, 2025):

Armbrust & Brown, PLLC
Barnett & Garcia
Botkin Chiarello Calaf
Brough & Resendez
Byrd Davis Alden & Henrichson
Cantilo & Bennett
Chamberlain Hrdlicka
Chief Justice Darlene Byrne, Third Court of Appeals
FVF Law
Hanna & Plaut
Holland & Knight
Judge Catherine Mauzy, 419th District Court
Judge Ciara Parks for Justice of the Peace Pct. 1
Judge Daniella Lyttle, 261st District Court
Judge Jan Soifer, 345th District Court
Judge Jessica Mangrum, 261st District Court
Judge Laurie Eiserloh, 455th District Court
Judge Maya Guerra Gamble, 459th District Court
Judge Sylvia Holmes, Justice of the Peace - Precinct #3
Judge Todd Wong, Travis County Court at Law #1
Justice Gisela Triana, Third Court of Appeals
Kaplan Law Firm
Kennon Wooten
Laurie Ratliff LLC
Law Office of Sara E. Saltmarsh
Leslie Dippel for County Court at Law #2
Lincoln-Goldfinch Law
Lowell A. Keig
Naman Howell
Nielsen Law
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
Rose Resolution Group
Sarah Harp, Austin Bar Secretary
Sorrels Law
Steno
Terrazas PLLC
The Tomlinson Firm, PLLC
Velva L. Price, Travis County District Clerk's Office

In Memoriam

Judge Margaret Cooper passed away at 82 on April 25, 2026. Read her obituary here.

Dudley McCalla passed away at 94 on March 29, 2026. Read his obituary here.

Financial Institutions CLE

The Financial Institutions Section is hosting a CLE providing a legislative update featuring Suzanne Yashewski, regulatory compliance counsel for the Cornerstone League, and Celeste Embrey, general counsel for the Texas Bankers Association, as speakers.

Date: Thursday, Sept. 25, 2025

Time: 12 - 1 p.m.

Location: Texas Bankers Association, 203 West 10th Street Austin TX 78701

Cost: $20 for section members; $30 for non-section Austin Bar members

Credit: 1.00 general credit

Register here.

Volunteer to Help Flood Victims

Volunteers are needed to take cases from Central Texas Flood victims who are over the income guidelines for Texas Legal Grande Legal Aid.

There are currently:

1 divorce;
1 custody;
1 bankruptcy;
1 insurance case; and
1 case with the Texas Department of Transportation.

Volunteer by signing up at https://form.fillout.com/t/vZ6V4jrzJ1us .

Join Us for a Cocktail Hour

The LGBTQ+ Law Section cordially invites you to a cocktail/mocktail hour, where you'll also get the opportunity to meet members of the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin and the Austin Black Lawyers Association!

Date: Sept. 17, 2025

Time: 5:30 p.m.

Location: Hilgers House, 712 W. 16th St.

Cost: Free, food and beverages provided

RSVP here.

Free Austin Bar CLE

Join us for a CLE talking about Texas gerrymandering and the future of voting rights.

Date: Sept. 19, 2025

Time: 12 - 1 p.m.

Location: Zoom

Cost: Free for Austin Bar members

Credit: 1.00 general credit

Speaker: David Froomkin, assistant professor of law, University of Houston Law Center

Register for free here

Renewals Have Been Sent Out!

Renewals have been sent out!

Please check your austinbar.org account to renew your membership for 2026. If you have any issues, please email billy@austinbar.org.

Please note: Your membership must be renewed by Dec. 31, 2025, to prevent interruptions to your Austin Bar member benefits, such as attorney parking at the CFCF, participation in the Judicial Preference Poll, and access to the Austin Bar's Travis County Bench Book.