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The Western District of Texas, from Round Rock.
Travis, Williamson and Hays Counties are in the Austin Division of the Western District of Texas. We litigate business cases and defend businesses and their owners there, from our Round Rock office.
What we handle
- Contract and commercial litigation
- Defending a business and its owners against federal claims
- Healthcare and Medicare billing allegations
- Removal and remand
- Bankruptcy litigation in the Austin bankruptcy court
- Appeals to the Fifth Circuit
How we approach it
The district runs from Austin and San Antonio to Waco, Midland and El Paso. The Austin Division includes Travis, Williamson and Hays Counties, and the bankruptcy court sits in Austin for them.
In 2024 we defended a business and its owner against $4.4 million in Medicare fraud allegations in the Western District. See Williamson County and Travis County. Federal court in Texas · Northern District · Eastern District · Western District · Southern District · bankruptcy courts.
The court’s rules on AI
Western District of Texas. No AI local rule; Rule 11 and the attorney rules govern. Judge Gonzalez in Del Rio requires, if AI was used, naming the tool and certifying verification and that nothing privileged was disclosed.
Fifth Circuit. No AI rule, by choice: it proposed a certificate in 2023 and dropped it, warning that using AI is no excuse for an otherwise sanctionable filing.
Checked against each court’s own rules and orders on 5 November 2026 for John Henry’s talk “AI in Modern Litigation” at the Eastern District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference. Rules change; the full reference, with every order cited, is on the AI in litigation page.
Questions people ask
Which federal court covers Austin and Round Rock?
The Western District of Texas, Austin Division.
Where does a Travis or Williamson County business file bankruptcy?
In the Western District of Texas bankruptcy court in Austin.
Where do appeals from the Western District go?
To the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans.