2025 Travis County Bench Book Court Resource Guide

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:

• Travis County Civil & Criminal District Courts;
• Travis County Courts at Law;
• Travis County Justice of the Peace Courts;
• Travis County Probate Courts;
• Travis County Associate Courts;
• Western District of Texas; and
• 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.

The Austin Bar is grateful to 345th District Judge Jan Soifer, who helped craft the questions sent to the civil district judges.

Thank you also to Jennifer Kraber, director of criminal courts administration, who provided guidance on what questions would be most relevant for the criminal district judges to answer.

Finally, thank you to all the judges who took the time to answer the questions.