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Thursday, May 18, 2017
The Gatsby
$7,500 in total fundraising

Winner and Judges' Choice Award: Alice in Pearls of Baker Botts/Dell rocking for Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY)

It was a beautiful, balmy night on the patio at The Gatsby and six bands of rock star lawyers battled it out for some truly inspiring Austin nonprofit organizations. In our second annual Austin event we had three new and three returning bands. At night's end, Alice in Pearls of Baker Botts and Dell took home the grand prize, and raised $2300 for CARY. Congratulations to all the bands and a huge thank you to every attendee, participant, our Rock Panel of Judges, and especially The Gatsby who made this night possible.

BANDS

The bands featured legal talent from Baker Botts LLP • Branscomb PC • Dell • Dunnam & Dunnam LLP • Hutson & Harris • Law Offices of Al Staehely, Jr. • Texas State Board of Dental Examiners

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Alice in Pearls

Featuring legal talent from Baker Botts LLP; Dell
Rocking for Council on At-Risk Youth (CARY)

To those of you who were full of teen angst in the 1990s: welcome to your midlife crisis. Alice in Pearls is here to help you through it. We're a Baker Botts patent litigator, a Dell corporate lawyer, and three great dudes who haven't passed the Texas State Bar, who never outgrew our flannel phase and who still rock to the hits from the last great era of rock music. If you love Nirvana, Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam, STP, etc., you'll love -- or at least like -- Alice in Pearls! And if not? Oh well, whatever. Nevermind. (Alice in Pearls is proud to support the Council on At-Risk Youth).

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The Bad Precedents

Featuring legal talent from Dunnam & Dunnam LLP
Rocking for Workers Defense Project

The Bad Precedents consist of a group of political hacks who literally formed a rock band in a state capitol office during a legislative session. All members worked in the Texas legislature. One of them even was a legislator. All are lawyers, but one. And the only non-lawyer knows more about the practice of law than the lawyers.

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Hutson & Harris

Featuring legal talent from Hutson & Harris
Rocking for SIMS Foundation

Will Hutson and Chris Harris are law partners in Waco, Texas. They were told to write blogs for their website, and they were terrible at that. So when their I.T. department recommended that Hutson & Harris start doing legal themed music videos instead of blogs, a moderate internet sensation was born. They have been featured in publications as varied as the New York Post and The Wall Street Journal. Armed with acoustic guitars and humorous musical legal advice, they rock (softly). Hutson & Harris are honored to be supporting Austin’s SIMS FOUNDATION.

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Jack Flack

Featuring legal talent from Branscomb PC
Rocking for Austin Clubhouse

While Jack Flack features a broad array of backgrounds, including lawyers, a doctor, and an engineer, they all have one thing in common: They love to rock! With years of combined experience and training, the band is well versed in styles ranging from classic rock to country to funk. They strive to bring the highest level of energy and excitement to every show, and will do the same at Law Rocks. Jack Flack is proud to be playing on behalf of Austin Clubhouse and to support mental health.

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RG & Friends

Featuring legal talent from Texas State Board of Dental Examiners
Rocking for FreeStore Austin

RG & Friends consists of a rotating mash up of musicians who are friends of Richard Gober, an attorney by day, and occasional front man of an Austin band called Panic Stricken on the off days. This line up will feature fellow attorney Chad Eaton on guitar and vocals. The line may also include a rhythm section and back up players who are a truck driver and problem solver, software programmer/political genius/and all around do everything awesome kind of guy, and one drum teacher and incredible player as our "ringer." We will play a bunch of vintage rock with all of our hearts. If any of you are familiar with Panic Stricken or RG already, then you know that a jam or two will happen in the mix. We will be raising money for the Free Store, here in Austin, TX.

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Staehely Brothers

Featuring legal talent from Law Offices of Al Staehely, Jr.
Rocking for Music for Mustangs

Austin natives and formerly of the band Spirit, the Staehely Brothers embody a rich musical history dating back to the 1970’s golden era of rock and roll. Releasing their first album together in 1973 under Epic Records, Al and John Staehely have written and performed music for many acclaimed artists and have performed together all around the world.

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Nonprofits

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Austin Clubhouse

Austin Clubhouse exists to provide acceptance and empowerment so adults living with mental health diagnoses can pursue personal goals and play a meaningful role as co-workers, colleagues, family members and friends.

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CARY: Council for At Risk Youth

CARY empowers at-risk youth with the skills to avoid crime and violence.

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Music for Mustangs

Music for Mustangs is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation whose mission is to help protect and promote the American Mustang horse through the use of live music.

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Free Store Austin

We believe that in God's world there is enough for all people, and extend that abudance by freely giving clothing and household goods to all who come through the FreeStore doors.

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SIMS Foundation

The SIMS Foundation has provided mental health and addiction recovery services for Austin-area musicians and their families since 1995.

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Workers Defense Project

Workers Defense Project (WDP) is a membership-based organization that empowers low-income workers to achieve fair employment through education, direct services, organizing and strategic partnerships.

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ROCK PANEL OF JUDGES

A major thank you to the Rock Panel!

Kayleigh Hughes

Kayleigh is a music critic who writes for local Austin music site Ovrld and reviews albums at Paste and Consequence of Sound. Her work has also been published in Pitchfork, The Austin American-Statesman, Vox, and Bustle.

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Jamie Schue

Jamie Schue graduated with degrees in Spanish and Print Journalism from Texas State University in 2007. After working as a legal assistant at a small law firm and as an office manager for a wind developer, he went to law school in 2009. Jamie spent his first two years at St. Mary’s School of Law in San Antonio and his third year as a transient student at the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, graduating from St. Mary’s in 2012. Since then he’s been a transactional attorney at the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, Inc. (ERCOT), where he focuses on cybersecurity in procurement to better protect ERCOT and the Texas electric grid. In his spare time he's previously served as a CASA volunteer and a member of the Texas Midwifery Board. He currently serves as a board member at Austin Discovery School and as Board President at Texas Accountants and Lawyers for the Arts.

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Charles D. Jarrell

Charles “Chuck” Jarrell is a partner at Allen Matkins whose practice focuses on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on complex business disputes and commercial fraud claims. His practice encompasses a broad spectrum of litigation, including real estate, partnership, environmental, and construction disputes.

Mr. Jarrell also serves on the board of Law Rocks and the Ketchum-Downtown YMCA. When he is not serving his community, Chuck is the band leader and guitarist for Attractive Nuisance, 2017 Law Rocks LA champions. He has also served as the emcee of Law Rocks events.

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Photos

Enjoy a selection of photos below. You can view all the images from the Second Annual Law Rocks Austin here. All photos by Jessica Doffing Photography.