Fred Sultan has practiced commercial litigation in Austin, Texas for over 25 years. He has previously served as litigation counsel to the Lower Colorado River Authority, and has represented a wide range of businesses and individuals in private practice at Foley & Lardner LLP, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, and Clark, Thomas & Winters PC. He has served as briefing attorney to Justice Mack Kidd on the Third Court of Appeals of Texas sitting in Austin.

Fred is passionate about his community and serves organizations on the local, state, and national level. He serves on the Austin Advisory Counsel for Vivent Health, is former chair of the Board of Directors of AIDS Services of Austin, is former chair of the LGBT Law Section of the State Bar of Texas, and is a co-founder of the Austin Bar Association’s LGBT Law Section. He has been awarded the Austin Bar Foundation’s David H. Walter Community Excellence Award (2019), the State Bar of Texas LGBT Law Section’s Judge Norman W. Black Award (2018), and the Austin LGBT Bar Association’s Award of Excellence (2017).  In 2013, he was named as the Outstanding Director by the Austin Bar Association.

He received a Bachelor of Arts from Rice University, a Doctor of Jurisprudence from the University of Texas School of Law, with honors, and was admitted practice before the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008.