Austin Bar Association Solo/Small Firm Section

01/14/2026

Please join us for our upcoming CLE lunch on January 22, 2026:

“Upping Your Resolution Game” - Tips for Solo Practitioners on Winning Through Mediation – Judge Jeff Rose, Rose Resolution Group (https://www.roseresolutiongroup.com/)

– Sponsored by Tempello, AI-Captured Time Entry (https://tempello.ai/)

You can register here: https://www.austinbar.org/?pg=events&evAction=showDetail&eid=317555&evSubAction=listAll

09/05/2025

Time to network with CLE! Please join us for a CLE lunch about "Integrating the 2024 Changes to the Texas Disciplinary Rules into Your Practice"

Claude Ducloux, former Member of the Texas Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda - 2017-2024, will demonstrate how the various rule changes were intended to be applied, and practical guidance on understanding and using them in practice. The course discusses new definitions, new duties, and interviewing of prospective clients to avoid imputation of conflict of interest.

Date: September 25, 2025

Time: 12:00-1:00pm

Location: Hilgers House or Zoom

Register here (you must pre-register to receive a lunch):

Claude Ducloux, former Member of the Texas Committee on Disciplinary Rules and Referenda - 2017-2024, will demonstrate how the various rule changes were intended to be applied, and practical guidance on understanding and using them in practice. The course discusses new definitions, new duties, and i...

04/18/2025

Please join the Austin Bar Solo and Small Firm Section's Half Day CLE on April 24 at 11:00-4:00pm! We have a great lineup of topics to help your practice.

CLE presentations are available via Zoom or in person with lunch. In-person is limited to 30 people, so sign up now!

You can register here:

Judge Tim Sulak: Views from the Bench – What NOT to Do [Have questions for Judge Sulak? Submit them to [email protected]]

03/29/2025

Thank you to everyone who joined us at our 2025 Spring Social at Vivo’s!

03/05/2025

It's time for another social event! We always have so much at our Spring Social, so you don't want to miss it!

Free for members of the Solo and Small Firm Section. $25 for nonmembers.

Please RSVP here: https://solosmallfirm.com/events/ #!event/register/2025/3/27/spring-social

01/14/2025

Please join us for our monthly CLE:

Ethics, Advocacy and Mediation (They're Not Mutually Exclusive)

Topic: Negotiation and Mediation Tips - Sponsored by Patrick Keel
Date: January 23, 2025
Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Location: McGinnis Lochridge, 1111 W. 6th St., Bldg. B, Ste. 400, Austin, TX 78703
Cost for members: Free, unless you don't show up.
Cost for Nonmembers: Nonmembers may attend for $25 or register to be a member of the section to attend for free.
CLE credit: .75 (ethics credit!)
Speaker: Mediator and former district judge in Travis County, Patrick Keel

Register here by January 20:

January CLE Lunch: Ethics, Advocacy and Mediation (They're Not Mutually Exclusive) on Thu Jan 23 2025, 12:00pm CDT: Topic: Negotiation and Mediation...

11/15/2024

Another fun Fall Social for our section. We had a great turnout! I was having so much fun that I got only a few photos. Join us at our next lunch, taco chat, CLE, or social!

11/07/2024

Hey y'all!

The Solo and Small Firm Section Fall Social is on Wednesday, Nov. 13 at 5:30-7:30pm at the Hilgers House.

Free for members of the Section, $25 for non-members.

Please RSVP by Nov. 8 at this link so we have enough food and drinks for everyone: https://www.austinbar.org/?pg=events&evAction=showDetail&eid=292152&evSubAction=listAll

Please join us for mingling in a relaxed setting. We will have dinner (self-serve) from Maggiano's and beverages for all. Feel free to bring a friend or two.

Parking: There is free street parking along West Avenue and street parking on W 16th Street that is free after 6:00pm. The Bar Association has a partnership with St. Martin’s Lutheran Church a block away on Rio and W. 15th Street, so that lot can be used after 5:00pm by guests of the house. St. Martin’s entrance is on 15th Street at the corner of 15th and Rio Grande.

We hope you’ll join us for this event!

Please join us for mingling in a relaxed setting. We will have dinner (self-serve) from Maggiano's and beverages for all. Feel free to bring a friend or two.

10/24/2024

We had a full house (over 30 attorneys!) for our CLE lunch yesterday! Carrie Phaneuf, VP Loss Prevention, with TLIE presented about The Ethics of Remote Practice & Other Technology Issues.

10/21/2024

We would love for everyone to join us this Wednesday for our October CLE lunch.

Please RSVP directly to me by NOON TODAY (Oct 21). Only RSVPs received by noon today will receive lunch (free for section members, $25 for nonmembers).

October CLE: The Ethics of Remote Practice & Other Technology Issues

Sponsored by Texas Lawyers' Insurance Exchange

Topic: The Ethics of Remote Practice & Other Technology Issues

Date: October 23, 2024

Time: 12:00 - 1:00 pm

Location: McGinnis Lochridge, 1111 W. 6th St., Bldg. B, Ste. 400, Austin, TX 78703

Cost for members: Free, unless you don't show up. Because we have had members register but not show at past CLE lunch events, and the section is paying for their lunch, members who register for lunch but do not show will be asked to pay for their lunch.

Cost for Nonmembers: Nonmembers may attend for $25 or register to be a member of the section to attend for free.

CLE credit: .75 ethics credit hours

Speaker: Carrie Phaneuf, VP Loss Prevention, Texas Lawyers' Insurance Exchange

Agenda: We will spend 15 minutes on membership business and then our speaker will provide an overview of the ABA Model Rules, ABA opinions, Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, and Texas Ethics opinion that discuss attorney obligations regarding technology, practicing law remotely, competence in technology, the unauthorized practice of law and Generative AI.

Big thank you to McGinnis Lockridge for providing the meeting space and parking!