A Private Club for the Texas Trial Bar · Dallas

Where Texas lawyers prep, depose, try, and unwind.

Four minutes from the George Allen. Private deposition suites, a working courtroom with a one-way-glass observation room, day offices for visiting counsel — and a bar that understands what verdict week feels like. This is not coworking. This is chambers.

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The Litigators’ Clubhouse · Est. 2026 · Counsel Only
4 minto the Dallas courthouses
6,000 SFof trial infrastructure
11bookable spaces & suites
Members 24/7your key, your clubhouse
The Spaces

Everything a case needs, under one roof.

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Deposition Suites

Three sound-conscious rooms — Bryan, Travis, and Crockett — pre-wired for court reporters, hot-seat tech, and remote witnesses. Concierge setup available.

From $70/hr member
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The War Room

Fourteen seats, floor-to-ceiling whiteboards, exhibit walls, and a lock on the door. Book it by the hour or take it for trial week.

From $95/hr member
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Day Offices

Four private offices for visiting counsel flying into DFW — a real desk, a real door, and a receptionist who knows your name by day two.

$95/day member
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The Courtroom

A full mock courtroom finished to photograph like a real Dallas County courtroom — bench, box, well, and counsel tables. Focus groups behind the glass.

$1,800/day member
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Privilege Pods

Soundproof one-seat booths for the call you can’t take at the bar. Included with every membership.

Included for members
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The Sidebar

Leather, brass, walnut, eight screens, Texas draft taps, and a patio. A members-only third place for the trial bar — no clients, no opposing counsel, no pitch decks.

Members only
The Crown Jewel

Try it here before you try it there.

  • A working courtroom, dimensioned and finished to feel like the real Dallas County article — jury box, bench, witness stand, counsel tables, gallery.
  • One-way-glass observation suite for focus groups, client viewing, and jury consultants — mic’d, recorded, time-coded.
  • Mock trials, moot arguments, witness prep under real conditions: podium pressure, objection rhythm, the walk to the well.
  • Trial-week blocks — take the courtroom and the war room together and run your whole trial out of the club.
THE BENCH § WITNESS JURY BOX PLAINTIFF DEFENSE PODIUM THE BAR GALLERY ONE-WAY GLASS · OBSERVATION Concept sketch — “The Courtroom” mock trial suite with observation gallery
Membership

Take your seat at the bar.

Associate

$175/month
  • Full lounge + bar privileges
  • Member rates on every room
  • Privilege Pods included daily
  • 4 guest passes each month
  • Bench & Bar event access
Apply — Associate
The House Favorite

Partner

$225/month
  • Everything in Associate
  • 4 deposition-room hours included monthly
  • Priority booking window — 14 days
  • Locker and mail drop
  • 8 guest passes each month
Apply — Partner

Chambers

$295/month
  • Everything in Partner
  • Mock-courtroom half-day every quarter
  • Dedicated day office 4 days a month
  • Concierge deposition setup
  • Unlimited guest passes
  • First right on trial-week blocks
Apply — Chambers
SpaceMember RateNon-MemberNote
Deposition suite$70 / hr$85 / hrDallas market averages ~$75/hr
War room$95 / hr$120 / hrTrial-week blocks available
Day office$95 / day$130 / dayVisiting counsel welcome
The Courtroom (mock trial suite)$1,800 / day$2,400 / dayComps bill ~$2,400/day
Privilege PodsIncluded$15 / hrSoundproof, one seat
Location

Proximity is the product.

Dallas County files more civil suits than almost any county in Texas, and its trial bar orbits a tight cluster of courthouses every working day. SIDEBAR sits inside the ten-minute ring — book a room next to where you already have to be.

George L. Allen Sr. Courts Building4 min
Frank Crowley Courts Building6 min
Earle Cabell Federal Building5 min
DFW International — for visiting counsel25 min

2210 Commerce Row, Dallas, TX 75202 · Valet after 4 PM · Secured parking for members

TRINITY RIVER 10-MINUTE DRIVE RING GEORGE ALLEN (CIVIL) FRANK CROWLEY (CRIMINAL) EARLE CABELL (FEDERAL) § SIDEBAR Stylized — not to scale. Every courthouse inside the ring.
Admission

Petition for admission.

Membership is limited to licensed attorneys and their trial teams. Petitions are reviewed personally by the owner — most hear back within one business day. Prefer to see the walnut first? Note it below and the concierge will arrange a private tour, cocktail in hand.

Founding memberships lock your rate for life and put your firm’s name on the brass plaque behind the bar.

Petition received, counselor. The owner reviews every application personally — expect word within one business day.