New Office Location

Dear friends,

After 41 years in the building at 6th and Congress Avenue originally known as the Austin National Bank Tower, now known as the Bank of America Center, and after 48 years downtown altogether, we have moved our Austin office to MoPac and 2222. The new address is 3307 Northland Drive Suite 185, Austin Texas 78731. The phone and fax numbers and the email address will remain the same.

The new building is one of a group of four at the southwest corner of the intersection. Our building is right next to the Randall’s Grocery Store and has the name “Girling” at its top floor. There is ample free parking.

We have chosen this location with the hope that you will find it to be more convenient and accessible than downtown. We look forward to seeing your here.

Thank you very much.

John Akin

About

John H. Akin, Esq., is an attorney with over 40 years of professional experience serving the Austin and Central Texas community.

Professional Highlights

  • Admitted to practice in Texas May 26, 1969
  • Private practice of law in Austin, Texas, 1969 – present
    (Practice concentrated in property and trial law: property and business transactions – office and trial practice)
  • Board Certified in Civil Trial Law, Texas Board of Legal Specialization 1982 – present
  • Martindale Hubell AV rating 1982 – present

Firm Affiliations

  • Maloney, Black & Hearne (Associate) 1969-1970
  • Pearce & Smith (Associate) 1970-1973
  • Pearce, Smith & Akin, L.L.P. (Partner) 1973-1996
  • Akin & Akin, L.L.P. (Partner) 1996 – present

Memberships, etc.

  • State Bar of Texas (and the following sections: Anti-trust and Business Litigation, Business Law; Consumer and Commercial Law; Corporate Counsel, General Practice; Litigation; Real Estate, Probate and Trust
  • Austin Bar Association (and the following sections: Real Estate, Civil Litigation, Probate)
  • College of the State Bar of Texas
  • Texas Bar Foundation (Sustaining Life Member)
  • Austin Bar Foundation (Charter Member)


Representative Appellate Cases

  • Mathis v. DCR Mortgage, III Sub I, LLC, 389 S.W.3d 494 (Tex. App. – El Paso 2012, no pet.)
  • Nalle v. Taco Bell Corporation, 914 S.W.2d 865 (Tex. App. – Austin 1996, no writ)
  • Nalle v. Dozier, 03-96-00700-CV, 1997 WL 634344 (Tex. App. – Austin 1997, no writ)
  • In Re: Matter of Claflin, 761 F2d 1088 (US 5th Cir. 1985)
  • Claflin v. Hillock Homes, Inc., 645 S.W.2d 629 (Tex. App. – Austin 1983, writ ref’d, n.r.e.)
  • Burrows v. Bowden, 564 S.W.2d 474 (Tex. App. – Corpus Christi 1978, no writ)
  • Phillips Pipe Line Co. v. Clear Creek Properties Inc., 553 SW2d 389 (Tex. App.— Austin 1977; writ ref’d n.r.e. Phillips Pipe Line Co. v. Clear Creek Properties Inc., 561 SW2d 474 (Tex. 1978))

Education

  • Law School – University of Texas at Austin, J.D.
  • Undergraduate – University of Texas at Austin, BA History