Attorney at Law

400 W. 15th Street, Suite 808
Austin, Texas 78701

Claude Ducloux is a Board certified, Austin-based attorney serving a wide variety of legal needs, including general counsel service, civil litigation, appeals, family law, contract, administrative work before State agencies, and services the legal community with a widely used mediation and arbitration practice.

Professionalism

Claude's practice philosophy is this: "How can I solve each problem effectively, courteously and with the least legal expense necessary to accomplish the task?"

His practice consists of advising individuals, businesses, professionals and their practices and families.

Service & Volunteerism

Please take a moment to review Claude's resume featuring unparalleled service to the profession itself, including terms of service as the President of the Austin Bar and the Chair of numerous statewide Bar related organizations.

Claude is admitted to practice in Texas, California (inactive status), and Colorado (inactive status).

Bar & Grill Singers

Mr. Ducloux has participated in the all lawyer singing group the "Bar & Grill Singers" since 1992 performing throughout the country and benefiting pro bono cause. www.barandgrillsingers.com

Board Certified

Mr. Ducloux is Board certified by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in two areas: in Civil Trial Law (since 1984) and in Civil Appellate Law (since 1987, the year the certification was established).

He also served on the Civil Trial Law Advisory Committee from 1986 through 1994 and the TBLS Board of Directors from 1994 - 1998, serving as Chair of the Board his final year (1997-1998).

Legal Ethics

A significant bar of Mr. Ducloux's practice involves writing, teaching, lecturing and representation of clients, including lawyers in the area of Legal Ethics and Professionalism.

Claude served as Chair of the Board of Trustees for the Texas Center of Legal Ethics and Professionalism for two years, and has written extensively on legal ethics issues.

Over the years, Claude has authored, co-authored and appeared in numerous ethics training videos for lawyers on issues as diverse as office management, conflicts of interest, and grievance prosecution and defense. Of special note is his authorship of significant portions of the first interactive ethics presentation, "Ethics Jeopardy," based upon vignettes and audience participation in selecting appropriate resolutions. This program has toured the State of Texas and other states.

Claude seminars and presentations always rate extremely highly with lawyer audiences as innovative, entertaining and informative.