W. Austin Barsalou - Houston, TX

Overview

Awards and Honors

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Education

• Legal Education

  • University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas, December, 1979
    Doctor of Jurisprudence
    Law Journal: Houston Journal of International Law, Editor-in-Chief

• Non Legal Education

  • University of Texas, Austin, Texas, August, 1975
    Bachelor of Arts
    Major: Philosophy

Classes and Seminars

• From Declarant to Property Owners Association: A Checklist for the Seamless Transition of a Development, presented at the 30th Annual Advanced Real Estate Drafting Course, State Bar of Texas, in Houston, Texas, 2019
  
• Board Leadership Development Workshop, Instructor - Legal, College State, Texas, February 17, 2018
  
• Annual Legal Seminar, Community Associations Institute, Houston Chapter, Program Director, 2013 to Present
  
• Hot Tips and Current Developments, Presented at the 35th Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, State Bar of Texas, in San Antonio, Texas 2013
  
• Top Ten Things You Need to Know About Homeowners Associations, Presented at the State Bar College Summer School, in Galveston, Texas 2009
  
• Texas Uniform Planned Community Act, Presented at the 18th Annual Real Estate Drafting Course, State Bar of Texas, in Houston, Texas, 2007
  
• Mixed Use Developments - Single Site CC&Rs, Presented at the 28th Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, State Bar of Texas, in San Antonio, Texas, 2006
  
• The Homeowner Association Wars: The Community Association’s Viewpoint, Presented for the Houston Bar Association in Houston, Texas, 2003
  
• Enforcement of Private Land Use Regulations: Point/Counterpoint – Community Association’s Viewpoint, Presented at the 22nd Annual Advanced Real Estate Law Course, State Bar of Texas, in Austin and Fort Worth, Texas , 2000

Bar Admissions

• Texas, 1980
• U.S. Court of Appeals 5th Circuit, 1984
• U.S. District Court Southern District of Texas, 1982

Other Affiliations

• Houston Bar Foundation, Fellow, 1990
• Real Estate Advisory Commission, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2017 - 2022
• Board Certified, Residential Real Estate Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2005 - Present
• Board Certified, Property Owners Association Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization, 2018 - Present
• Common Interest Ownership Committee, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, State Bar of Texas, 2019 - Present (Chair, 2014-2018, Member)
• Northgate Crossing Municipal Utility District No. 2, Past President and Board Member
• Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section, Property Owners Association Committee of the State Bar of Texas, Chair, 2009 - 2010
• Advanced Trial Advocacy Program, National Institute for Trial Advocacy ("NITA"), 1990
• Community Associations Institute, Houston Chapter, Legal Committee Chair, 2013 to 2020