Purpose of TEX-ABOTA
TEX-ABOTA will foster improvement in the ethical and technical standards of practice in the field of advocacy so litigants may receive more effective representation and the general public benefit from traditional principles of litigation.
In association with the American Board of Trial advocates (ABOTA), we shall seek to:
(1) Elevate the standards of integrity, honor, and courtesy in the legal profession;
(2) Aid in further education and training of trial lawyers; work for the preservation of our jury system; serve as an informational center; discuss and study matters of interest to attorneys;
(3) Honor the Texas members of the American Board of Trial Advocates who exhibit integrity, honor and courtesy in the legal profession;
(4) Advance the skill of Texas members of ABOTA;
(5) Provide a forum for the expression of interests common to trial lawyers and act as an agency through which trial lawyers in general, and Texas members of ABOTA in particular, shall have a voice with which to speak concerning matters of common and general interest;
(6) Establish relations and cooperate with other legal organizations and associations for the purposes of promoting the efficient administration of justice and constant improvement of the law;
(7) Cultivate a spirit of loyalty, fellowship, and professionalism among Texas members of ABOTA;
(8) Advance the interest of the Texas members of ABOTA professionally and enable
trial lawyers as a group to have an active association of standing in the community and nation through which they may learn and be heard;
(9) Form and be a member of TEX-ABOTA Legislative and Education Fund, Inc., the purpose of which shall be to educate members of the general public, public officials and the judiciary about the resolutions adopted by the National Board of Directors of ABOTA, and to lobby for positions consistent with those resolutions.