2025 Travis County Bench Book Court Resource Guide

<p>This guide includes Q&A's with judges links to important documents such as standing orders contact information courtroom preferences and court program details for:</p><p></p><ul><li>Travis County Civil & Criminal District Courts;</li><li>Travis County Courts at Law;</li><li>Travis County Justice of the Peace Courts;</li><li>Travis County Probate Courts;</li><li>Travis County Associate Courts;</li><li>Western District of Texas; and</li><li>Special programs such as the Domestic Relations Office the SMART Re-Entry Court Special Needs and Prevention Program Veterans Treatment Court and the DWI Court Program.</li></ul><p></p><p>The Austin Bar is grateful to 345th District <strong>Judge</strong> <strong>Jan Soifer</strong> who helped craft the questions sent to the civil district judges.</p><p>Thank you also to <strong>Jennifer Kraber</strong> director of criminal courts administration who provided guidance on what questions would be most relevant for the criminal district judges to answer.</p><p>Finally thank you to all the judges who took the time to answer the questions.</p>