Application for Active Membership

I) Organization

The Texas Creditors Bar Association ("TXCBA"), a Texas non-profit organization, is an association of attorneys who are engaged in the active practice of representing creditors in legal matters related to collection law.  To be eligible to be a member of the TXCBA ("Eligibility Requirements"), an attorney must:

• Be admitted to the State Bar of Texas and be in good standing
• Have a practice focused on the representation of creditors (collections and/or credit defense)
• Spend at least twenty-five percent of their professional time in the representation of creditors; and
• Spend less than five percent of their time in the representation of debtors in debt collection matters.

II) Application

The applicant hereby certifies that they meet the Eligibility Requirements of the TXCBA and applies to be an ACTIVE MEMBER in the Texas Creditors Bar Association.

III) Conditions of Active Membership

• To be bound by the Bylaws of TXCBA
• To abide by all written policies of TXCBA; and
• To hold TXCBA members harmless and defend it against any claim arising out of the attorney's acts or failure to act, or for any other reason that is founded upon the attorney's membership in TXCBA, to include payment of any expenses, costs, and attorneys' fees in connection with the defense thereof, and the attorney will indemnify TXCBA for same.

IV) Applicant Information