This is the sixth in a series of articles about the Travis County Forensic Mental Health Project. The Travis County Forensic Mental Health Project delivered its recommendations to the Travis County Commissioners in March 2023.1 The goal of these recommendations is to provide solutions other than jail to address mental health and substance abuse disorders in the county. Recommendation #5 …
The Veterans Legal Assistance Program (VLAP) would like to thank Austin Bar member Dominic Castillo, an associate at Husch Blackwell, for his work at the Dec. 11, 2023 free legal advice clinic. Castillo’s practice at Husch Blackwell focuses on healthcare regulatory compliance. His clients include individual healthcare practitioners and large national hospital systems. But attorneys of any practice area are …
by Michael Wolman, UT Communications To mark Data Privacy Week in January, two experts on the subject from The University of Texas’s ethical AI research team Good Systems were interviewed: Sharon Strover, former chair of the Good Systems Executive Team and professor in UT’s School of Journalism and Media, and Amy Kristin Sanders, associate professor in both the School Journalism and …
If you are interested in running for a position as a director or officer of the Austin Bar Association, please fill out and submit this form by Feb. 25. Officer positions are one-year term; director positions are for two years. Nominees for the office of president-elect shall have served at least two years on the board of directors prior to …
The Austin Black Lawyers Association (ABLA) Foundation, Inc., is looking for high-school seniors to apply for its Virgil C. Lott Scholarship for 2024. This scholarship is open to current high-school seniors in Central Texas who exhibit leadership, community service, good scholastic standing, extracurricular involvement, and financial need. Applications may be submitted online here. Please email any questions to: Foundation@austinblacklawyers.org. To …
The Austin Bar Association and Austin Bar Foundation are proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Distinguished Lawyer and David H. Walter Community Excellence awards! Edna Ramón Butts, Marcy Hogan Greer, and Randy Howry have won Distinguished Lawyer awards, and Jeff Edwards has won the David H. Walter Community Excellence Award. The Distinguished Lawyer Award recognizes the dedication and …
Congratulations to Austin Bar member and former Austin Mayor Steve Adler, who has joined Fritz Byrne PLLC as partner. Adler will handle eminent-domain cases for the firm while also maintaining his teaching positions at St. Edward’s University, UT’s Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs, and Huston-Tillotson University. Congratulations to Austin Bar member Rep. Lulu Flores, who won the Texas …
In the early 1990s, the realm of child protection was a disjointed labyrinth of communication that left both children and the community vulnerable to the horrors of child abuse. The system comprised a convoluted web of agencies, marked by a lack of comprehensive training and woeful communication. This patchwork approach posed a dire threat to the safety of children within …
The Austin Young Lawyers Association won four 2023 American Bar Association (ABA) awards – the most of any organization this year. AYLA won Most Outstanding Single Project – Service to the Bar for the 2022 Family Fall Festival. For Texas District 25, AYLA also won Service to the Public – Local Level – Division C for the 2022 Crawfish Boil …
Floyd Real Estate, LLC has been awarded AYLA’s 2023 Sponsor Award! Floyd Real Estate is owned by AYLA sustaining members Dave Floyd and Sara Foskitt. In addition to being attorneys, they are both also real estate brokers. Floyd and Foskitt have both served on many different AYLA committees, taken part in the inaugural class of the AYLA/Austin Bar Leadership Academy, …