TYLA 2012-2013 Board of Directors


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TYLA Officers

 

C.E. Rhodes, President
Baker Hughes, Inc.
17021 Aldine Westfield, Houston 77073
(713) 879-1493, fax:  (713) 879-1852
ce.rhodes@bakerhughes.com

 

Alyssa J. Long, Chair
USAA
9800 Fredericksburg Rd., San Antonio 78288
(210) 498-5415, fax:  (866) 267-0896
alyssajanelong@yahoo.com

 

Alfonso Cabañas, Vice President
Cabañas Law Firm, PLLC
4 Dominion Dr., Bldg 4, Ste. 250
San Antonio 78257
(877) 578-7804, fax: (210) 853-0229
alfonso@cabanaslaw.com

 
 
Victor Villarreal, Secretary
Villarreal & Romero, PLLC
201 W. Del Mar Blvd., Ste. 14, Laredo 78041
(956) 727-2402, fax:  (956) 727-2404
villarreal@vrlawfirm.com
 

Rebekah Steely Brooker, Treasurer
Passman & Jones
2500 Renaissance Tower, 1201 Elm St., Dallas 75270
(214) 742-2121, fax: (214) 748-7949
brookerr@passmanjones.com

 

Kristy Piazza Blanchard, President-elect
Koons, Fuller, Vanden, Eykel & Robertson, PC
5700 Plano Pkwy Ste. 2200, Plano 75093
(972) 769-2727, fax: (972) 769-0313
kristy@koonsfuller.com

 

Cameron J. Cox, Chair-elect
Elsey & Elsey Law Firm
3212 Long Prairie Road
Flower Mound 75022
(972) 906-9695, fax: (972) 906-7998
cameron@elseylaw.com

 

Natalie Cobb Koehler, Immediate Past President
Bosque County Attorney
Koehler Law Firm, P.C.
P.O. Box 215, Meridian 76665
(254) 435-2000, fax:  (254) 435-2026
natalie@koehlerlawfirm.net

TYLA Directors

 

Kathryn E. Boatman, District 6, Place 6 
Andrews Kurth L.L.P.
600 Travis St., Ste. 4200, Houston 77002
(713) 456-9746
kathrynboatman@gmail.com

 

Robert E. Booth, District 21
Mills Shirley LLP
2228 Mechanic St., Ste. 400, Galveston 77550
(409) 763-2341, fax: (409) 763-2879
rbooth@millsshirley.com

 

Rebekah Steely Brooker, District 5, Place 1
Passman & Jones
2500 Renaissance Tower, 1201 Elm St., Dallas 75270
(214) 742-2121, fax: (214) 748-7949
brookerr@passmanjones.com

 

Priscilla D. Camacho, District 18, Place 1
Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce
602 E. Commerce Street, San Antonio 78205
(210) 229-2100
pcamacho@sachamber.org

 

Aaron T. Capps, District 5, Place 2
The Peavler Group
3400 Carlisle St., Ste. 430, Dallas, 75204
(214) 999-0550, fax: (214) 999-0551
acapps@peavlergroup.com

 

Patrice B. Childress, District 6, Place 4
Beck Redden L.L.P.
One Houston Center
1221 McKinney St., Ste. 4500, Houston 77010
(713) 951-6265, fax (713) 951-3720
pchildress@beckredden.com

 

Cameron J. Cox, District 11
Elsey & Elsey Law Firm
3212 Long Prairie Road
Flower Mound 75022
(972) 906-9695, fax: (972) 906-7998
cameron@elseylaw.com

 

Angela Cruseturner, District 9
Baylor Law School
1114 S. University Parks Dr.,
One Bear Place #97288, Waco 76798
(254) 710-3331, fax:  (254) 710-1264
Angela_Cruseturner@baylor.edu

 

D. Lance Currie, District 5, Place 3
Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, LLP
901 Main St., Ste. 5500, Dallas, 75202
(214) 855-3122, fax:  (214) 758-3728
lcurrie@ccsb.com

 

Lacy L. Durham, Minority At-Large Director, Large City
Deloitte Tax LLP
2200 Ross Ave., Ste. 1600, Dallas, 75201
(214) 840-1926, fax:  (214) 756-9714
ldurham@deloitte.com

 

Bill Gardner, District 5, Place 4
Macdonald Devin, P.C.
3800 Renaissance Tower, 1201 Elm St., Dallas, 75270
(214) 744-3300, fax:  (214) 747-0942
bgardner@macdonalddevin.com

  Laura L. Hale, District 16
Sprouse Shrader Smith P.C.
701 S. Taylor, Ste. 500, Amarillo 79101
(806) 468-3304, fax:  (806) 373-3454
laura.hale@sprouselaw.com
 

Soraya Yanar Hanshew, Minority At-Large Director, Small City
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid
1331 Texas Avenue, El Paso 79901
(915) 585-5100, fax:  (915) 544-3789
shanshew@trla.org

 

Sam Houston, District 18, Place 2
Houston Dunn, PLLC 
4040 Broadway, Ste. 440, San Antonio 78209
(210) 775-0882
sam@hdappeals.com

 

Dustin M. Howell, District 8, Place 1
Office of the Solicitor General
P.O. Box 12548 (MC 059), Austin 78711
(512) 936-0826
dustinmhowell@gmail.com

 

Wendy A. Humphrey, District 3
Texas Tech University School of Law
1802 Hartford Ave., Lubbock 79409
(806) 742-3990, fax:  (806) 742-7629
wendy.humphrey@ttu.edu

 

 Celina Lopez Carter, District 6, Place 5
M-I Swaco, A Schlumberger Company
5950 North Course Dr., Houston 77072
(832) 295-2503, fax:  (832) 351-4922
calopez@miswaco.slb.com

 

Becky Mata, District 10, Place 1
National Labor Relations Board
819 Taylor St., Rm. 8A24, Fort Worth 76102
(817) 978-4171
beckymata@hotmail.com

 

Amanda Navarette, District 17
Ector County District Attorney's Office
300 N. Grant, Rm. 305, Odessa 79761
(432) 498-4230
anavar9981@aol.com

 

 Erin O'Driscoll, District 6, Place 3
Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
1000 Louisiana, Ste. 4200, Houston 77002
(713) 890-5169
eodriscoll@morganlewis.com

 

 Leif Olson, District 6, Place 2
The Olson Firm, P.L.L.C.
PMB 188, 4830 Wilson Road, Ste. 300, Humble 77396
(281) 849-8382
leif@olsonappeals.com

 

Sally Pretorius, District 8, Place 2
Andrae Law, PLLC
1717 W. 6th St., Ste. 315, Austin, 78703
(512) 382-2989, fax:  (512) 617-3959
sally@andraelaw.com

 

Danny Razo, District 14
Law Office of Danny Razo
701 Magnolia St., El Paso 79903
(915) 532-7296, fax:  (915) 613-2375
dannyrazo@gmail.com

 

Baili B. Rhodes, District 2
West, Webb, Allbritton & Gentry, P.C.
1515 Emerald Plaza, College Station, 77845
(979) 694-7000, fax:  (979) 694-8000
baili.rhodes@westwebblaw.com

 

Shivali Sharma, District 1
Texas Sixth Court of Appeals
100 N. State Line Ave., Ste. #20, Texarkana 75501
(903) 798-3046, fax: (903) 798-3034
shivali.sharma@courts.state.tx.us

 

 

John W. Shaw, District 10, Place 2
Whitaker Chalk Swindle & Schwartz, PLLC
301 Commerce St., Ste. 3500 Fort Worth 76102
(817) 878-0500
jshaw@whitakerchalk.com

 

Kimberly Smith, District 4
Smith Law Office
5900 S Lake Forest Dr, Ste. 300, McKinney 75070
(469) 342-8737, fax:  (800) 858-0577
kimsmithmorris@yahoo.com

 

C. Barrett Thomas, District 15
The Thomas Firm
100 E. Third, Room 201A, Sweetwater, 79556
(325) 480-4276, fax:  (866) 332-4228
barrett@thethomasfirm.com

  Amanda N. Torres, Minority At-Large Director, Small City
802 N. Carancahua, Suite 1900, Corpus Christi, 78401
(361) 886-3800, fax: (361) 886-3805
atorres@branscombpc.com
 
  Paul Tu, Minority At-Large Director, Large City
Arrington, Tu & Burnett LLP
10101 Southwest Freeway, Ste. 370, Houston 77074
(713) 774-2800, fax: (713) 774-2808
paul@atblawfirm.com
 
Victor Villarreal, District 19
Villarreal & Romero, PLLC
201 W. Del Mar Blvd., Ste. 14, Laredo 78041
(956) 727-2402, fax:  (956) 727-2404
villarreal@vrlawfirm.com
  Brandy M. Wingate, District 13
Smith Law Group, P.C.
809A Savannah Ave. #481, McAllen 78503
(956) 683-6330, fax:  (956-225-0406
brandy@appealsplus.com
 

Shannon Steel White, District 12
Wood, Boykin & Wolter, P.C.
615 N. Upper Broadway, Ste. 1100, Corpus Christi 78401
(361) 888-9201, fax:  (361) 888-8353
SSW@wbwpc.com

 

Baylor Wortham, District 7
United States Attorney's Office
Eastern District of Texas
350 Magnolia, Ste. 150, Beaumont 77701
(409) 981-7984, fax:  (409) 839-2550
baylor.wortham@usdoj.gov

TYLA Officers

 

Justice Paul W. Green, Supreme Court Liaison
Supreme Court of Texas
P.O. Box 12248
Austin 78711-2248
(512) 463-1328, fax:  (512) 463-1365
paul.green@courts.state.tx.us

 

Clint Harbour, Access To Justice Liaison
Office of Attorney General
P.O. Box 12548, 300 W. 15th St., 14th Fl., Austin 78711
(512) 463-2004, fax: (512) 472-3855
clintharbour@yahoo.com

 

Anita Barksdale, ABA YLD District 25 Representative
Jackson Walker L.L.P.
1401 McKinney, Ste. 1900          Houston 77010
(713) 752-4423, fax:  (713) 308-4134
anitabarksdale@yahoo.com

 

Jobe Rodgers, ABA YLD District 26 Representative
McCleskey, Harriger, Brazill & Graf, L.L.P.
P.O. Box 6170, Lubbock, 79493
(806) 796-7300, fax: (806) 796-7365
jrodgers@mhbg.com

 

Dean Dannye Holley, Law School Liaison
Thurgood Marshall School of Law
dholley@tmslaw.tsu.edu

 

Greg Siemankowski, Law School Liaison
Baylor Law School
gregsiemankowski@yahoo.com