Austin law firms practice where Texas law is made and argued, from the Capitol to the state’s highest courts, and they also counsel one of the busiest startup economies in the country. ITServices.Tech delivers IT services for Austin law firms: support, security, backups and planning under one agreement.
Law in the state capital
Austin is home to the Texas Supreme Court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, the Third Court of Appeals and, since September 2024, the Fifteenth Court of Appeals, which hears appeals involving the state. Firms here focus on administrative and regulatory law, government relations, appeals, intellectual property and venture work for technology companies, and many are small, senior-heavy practices with high-value clients.
Legislative sessions and busy seasons
The Texas Legislature meets in regular session every other year, and government relations and regulatory practices get very busy while it does. Extra staff, more remote work and long days at the Capitol mean devices, phones and access to firm files need to be ready before January, and contract staff need accounts that are easy to remove when the session ends.
Startup clients and confidential deals
Venture and IP work means term sheets, cap tables and patent filings shared with founders and investors. Secure data rooms, encrypted file sharing with expiry dates and MFA on every account keep deal documents private. Texas lawyers have a duty to protect client confidences, and the comments to the Texas competence rule have covered technology since 2019.
Small firm, serious security
A five-lawyer firm faces the same email fraud and ransomware as a large one, without an IT department. We give smaller firms the controls larger firms rely on, including managed endpoint protection, email security, encrypted laptops and tested backups, without adding complexity to the working day.
IT services for Austin law firms
- Secure document access in the office and remote
- Email compromise protection for wire and trust payments
- Microsoft 365 administration
- Backups for case files
Everything runs under one managed IT agreement, with the help desk, monitoring, patching, Microsoft 365, security and backups handled by the same team.
Software we support
We support the systems you already run, such as Clio, NetDocuments, iManage and Worldox, along with Adobe Acrobat, dictation and time and billing tools, without making you replace them.
Texas data rules to know
Under Texas law, a business must notify affected people of a breach of their sensitive personal information within 60 days, and the Texas Attorney General within 30 days when 250 or more Texans are affected.
Office hours in Austin
Office hours for Austin clients are Monday to Friday, 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM Central, in your own time zone.
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