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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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Nonprofits

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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.

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.

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.

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.