The Austin Bar Association is proud to announce that Austin Lawyer has been named the Best Overall Newsletter for Division III by the State Bar of Texas!
Additionally, the “Decriminalizing Mental Health in Travis County” series was named Best Series of Articles – General Interest for Division III. This seven-part series was published between July 2023 and February 2024 and is available in full on austinlawyeronline.com.
“We want to thank everyone who contributed article(s) or column(s) to Austin Lawyer over the past year,” said Editor-in-Chief Rachael Jones. “This publication would not be possible without you!”
For the 2024-25 bar year, there will be a concentrated effort to recruit more writers and editors for the magazine, said Managing Editor Billy Huntsman.
“As happy as we are with the award from the State Bar, we recognize Austin Lawyer is still representative of only a small fraction of our overall membership,” Huntsman said. “We need more voices contributing to the content and editing it.”
If you have an interest in contributing to Austin Lawyer as a writer and/or assistant editor, you are encouraged to email billy@austinbar.org.
Thank you to everyone who contributed an article or column to Austin Lawyer between May 2023 and May 2024:
•Amanda Arriaga, CASA of Travis County
•Sandy Bayne, BayneLaw LLC
•Elliott Beck, 345th Civil District Court
•Nadia Bettac, Bettac Advocacy and Mediation PLLC
•John D. Boone, Maples Jones PLLC
•Kristiana Butler, Goranson Bain Ausley PLLC
•Lukas Cardenas, Akins High School Student
•Michael Curry, Michael Curry Attorney-Mediator
•Leslie Dippel, Travis County Attorney’s Office
•Lindsey S. Drake, Drake Law PLLC
•Claude Ducloux, Law Offices of Claude Ducloux
•Neal Falgoust, Volunteer Legal Services of Central Texas
•Laura Fowler, The Fowler Law Firm PC
•Matt Garcia, Barnett & Garcia PLLC
•Jillian Garza, Austin Bar Association Intern
•Anikha Guda, UT Austin Student
•Zachary Hall, Third Court of Appeals
•Sarah Harp, Office of the Attorney General
•Drew Harris, Office of the Attorney General
•Judge Andy Hathcock (ret.), Travis County Civil District Court
•Stephanie R. Holan, Holan Law PLLC
•Kristen Jones, Center for Child Protection
•Rachael K. Jones, Austin Lawyer Editor-in-Chief
•Debbie Kelly, Austin Young Lawyers Association
•Justice Chari L. Kelly, Third Court of Appeals
•Ketan Kharod, Kharod,Guerrero & White PLLC
•Michelle King, McCreary Veselka Bragg & Allen PC
•Eleanor Klibanoff, The Texas Tribune
•Jason LaFond, Yetter Coleman
•Blair Leake, Wright & Greenhill PC
•Caroline Leal, Botkin Chiarello Calaf PLLC
•Brian Levy, Lynch Law Firm PLLC
•Marc Limsiaco, Texas Trust Law
•Rachel Luna, Luna Law Firm PLLC
•Natalie Lynch, Lynch Law Firm PLLC
•Judge Amy Clark Meachum, 201st Civil District Court
•Judge Orlinda Naranjo (ret.), 419th District Court
•Bonnie Neel, Canopy Mortgage LLC
•Richard Pena, Law Offices of Richard Pena
•Velva Price, Travis County District Clerk
•Steve Puryear, UT Austin Graduate
•Laurie Ratliff, Laurie Ratliff LLC
•Chris Roberts, UT Law
•Tanner Michelle Scheef, Kaplan Law Firm
•Wayne Schiess, UT Law
•Leslie Spatola, Veterans Legal Assistance Program
•Brian Tagtmeier, Pappas Grubbs Price PC
•Texas Lawyers’ Assistance Program
•Justice Rosa Lopez Theofanis, Third Court of Appeals
•Nora Picasso Uvalle, Capital Area Private Defender Service
•Abigail Ventress, VBPena Law
•Zachary B. Wiewel, Texas Trust Law
•Jessica Witte, State Office of Administrative Hearings
•Michael Wolman, UT Communications
Austin Lawyer and the Austin Bar would also like to thank our publisher, Sail House Publishing: President Kim Scheberle, who oversees the production of the magazine; Patty Huber, who solicits advertisers and sponsors; and Kiki Pantaze, who designs each issue.