The General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section
of the State Bar of Texas
This section devotes its energies primarily to the interests of lawyers who practice as solos and in small firms. We have been active for more than 35 years. Our section publishes a Digest and co-sponsers an annual institute for general practitioners as well as other CLE programs. Our section has played a leadership role in several State Bar initiatives. Members of our Council are active on State Bar Committees, the Starting Practices Task Force, and the State Bar Board of Directors. We are active and serious advocates of policies important to small firms, and we report on issues important to all lawyers.
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Go to this page, follow the instructions and links and sign up online. Or
download this form from the State Bar and send it in.
The General
Practice Digest
Our 28th year to cover the essentials of 16 areas of law.
Issues
Policies and politics that affect the small firm.
Calendar
Important dates for the section and the Bar.
Council
Members of the Section Council are listed here. Please contact us and let us know your
concerns.
Contacts
e-mail the Chair
e-mail the Webmaster
The Section elected new officers and council members at the annual section meeting. Click the link in the right-hand column.
Please Note: If you are a member of the section with an email address listed with the State Bar, we have sent a notice to you, BUT if you use spam blocking software that requires a response from the sender for approval (such as Earthlink uses), you will not get messages from the Section unless you approve email from the domains gpsolo.com or gpsolo.org. We cannot do individual requests for authentication from your ISP. Please Also Note: we do not get automatic membership updates from the State Bar. If you joined the section after April 18, 2010, we do not have your name in our database. Please notify the State Bar Sections Department and have them notify us that you are a new member.
If you do any estate planning in your practice, you need to read "Now You See It, Now You Don't, Then You Do... Federal Transfer Tax And Related Income Tax Changes In 2010 And Beyond" on the peculiar rules that apply to estates in 2010. This article was drafted and contributed by Walter Wm. Hofheinz, a member of the Section who is board certified in this area. The article is publicly available, so you may provide it to others you think may find it of use.
What would you do if...
...
your client defaulted on a building contract, thought he was covered by
a General Liability policy, and found that his agent didn't get the
policy. In a DTPA case against his agent does he have to prove that a
policy existed which would have covered him? Careful! The law has
changed. The answer is in the Digest.
For more tips remember to go to our Practice Tips page.
As you may know the Supreme Court has decided not to impose this requirement. If you are interested in background material on this issue you will find links to them here.