AYLA’s inaugural Trial Institute proved to be a great success. The sold-out event took place on June 30, 2023, in the Ceremonial Courtroom of the new Travis County Civil & Family Courts Facility. AYLA partnered with the American College of Trial Lawyers to host a day of honing trial skills using materials and testimony from the real-life espionage trial of …
On June 24, people from across the legal community gathered at the Chateau Bellevue to laugh, connect, and even do a little “gambling.” Fully equipped with poker, blackjack, and roulette, the Austin Bar/Austin Young Lawyers Association’s Leadership Academy hosted a Casino Night and Silent Auction that transformed the downtown Austin venue into a casino on the Vegas Strip. The Austin …
Judge Karin Crump, presiding judge of the 250th Civil District Court of Travis County, and David Courreges, past president of the Austin Bar Association and currently serving on the State Bar board of directors, first discussed the idea of an Austin Bar and AYLA Leadership Academy in 2010. The idea took root while Courreges was assisting Judge Crump in her campaign …
Sarah Harp is an assistant attorney general with the Office of the Attorney General of Texas. She works in the Criminal Appeals Division and was formerly a law clerk with the agency. She obtained her J.D. from the University of Tulsa College of Law and received her undergraduate degree from the University of Oklahoma. Prior to moving to Texas, she …
The Austin Young Lawyers Association recently won several Awards of Achievement from the Texas Young Lawyers Association. AYLA won the first-place Comprehensive Award. This award was given based on a comprehensive evaluation of the whole range of programming AYLA conducted during the 2022-23 bar year. AYLA won the first-place Single Project – Service to the Public Award. This award was …
AYLA: Tell us a little bit about yourself and your law practice. COMBS: I am originally from Odessa, Tex., and came to Austin for law school at UT. I am in my second year of practice at Cagle Pugh, a firm which primarily represents homeowners’ associations withissues involved in the operation and governance of association-governed communities. AYLA: How long have you been involved …