Advanced Criminal Law Course
MCLE COURSE NO. 901289748 24 HOURS (5.75 ETHICS)
VIdEO • SaN aNTONIO September 10-12, 2014
LaQuinta Inn & Suites San Antonio Riverwalk
VIdEO • daLLaS October 8-10, 2014
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Wednesday
9 hours (3 ethics)
CH 1-3 8:30 Supreme Court Update .75 hr
9:09 Jury Charges for the 21st Century .5 hr
9:26 Extraneous Offenses .5 hr
9:55 Break
CH 4-7 10:05 Motions for New Trial .5 hr
10:32 Dealing with the Grievance Process .5 hr ethics
11:02 Court of Criminal Appeals Update .75 hr
11:40 Break for lunch
11:55 Luncheon Presentation: Mad, Not Bad: Special
Needs Defendants .75 hr
12:43 Break
CH 8-11 12:58 When the System Fails: The Michael Morton
Story .25 hr
1:07 When Things Go Wrong .5 hr ethics
1:34 The New Discovery Rules 1 hr ethics
2:32 Maintaining Competence Through Stress
Avoidance .5 hr ethics
3:01 Break
CH 12-14 3:11 Fifth Circuit Update .5 hr
3:40 Effective Representation of Counsel .5 hr ethics
4:11 Death Penalty Update/Overview .5 hr
4:37 Break
CH 15-17 4:47 Evaluating Search Warrants .5 hr
5:17 Investigative Detentions .5 hr
5:47 Exceptions to the Warrant Requirements
.5 hr 6:18 Adjourn
Advanced Criminal Law Course
MCLE COURSE NO. 901289748 24 HOURS (5.75 ETHICS)
VIdEO • SaN aNTONIO September 10-12, 2014
LaQuinta Inn & Suites San Antonio Riverwalk
VIdEO • daLLaS October 8-10, 2014
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel CH 19-22
8:30 Brady: The Law .5 hr ethics
8:59 Brady: Practical Considerations .
5 hr ethics 9:26 Voir Dire .5 hr
9:55 Expunctions .5 hr
10:24 Break
CH 23-26 10:34 Competency Issues .5 hr ethics
11:05 Preservation of Error .5 hr (.25 ethics)
11:31 11.073 – Cleaning up the Scientific Junkyard
.5 hr
12:02 Break for lunch
12:17 Luncheon Presentation: Justice Scalia and the
Fourth Amendment .5 hr
12:48 Break
Federal
CH 58-60 1:03 Understanding the Initial Federal Arrest and Bail/
Detention Process .5 hr
1:33 Defending Alien Smuggling Cases .75 hr
2:18 Prosecuting and Defending Federal Child Pornography Charges .75 hr
3:03 Break
CH 61-63 3:13 Federal Firearms Crimes .5 hr
3:45 Prosecuting and Defending Federal Drug Offenses
.75 hr
4:30 Navigating Through the Federal - Sentencing Guidelines
.5 hr
5:00 Adjourn
CH 18 5:10 Preparing for the Board Specialization Certification
Exam (No MCLE credit)
5:52 Adjourn for the day
Thursday
Advanced Criminal Law Course
MCLE COURSE NO. 901289748 24 HOURS (5.75 ETHICS)
VIdEO • SaN aNTONIO September 10-12, 2014
LaQuinta Inn & Suites San Antonio Riverwalk
VIdEO • daLLaS October 8-10, 2014
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
Friday
Concurrent Sessions: Choose one track or change tracks whever you like.
Child Sexual Assault 3.5 hours
CH 33-35 12:08 Luncheon Presentation: Notice,
Jeopardy and Due Process: Does the Indictment Really Make a Difference?
.66 hr 12:52 Break
1:07 A SANE Exam Is Not A Mental Health Evaluation
.66 hr
1:44 Do You Really Think You Can Play That Recording for the Jury? .66 hr
2:18 Break
CH 36-37
2:28 Worse than Video Games:
Cyber Crimes Against Children .5 hr
3:01 Talking to Perfect Strangers About Really Awkward Stuff: Voir Dire in Child Abuse Cases 1 hr
4:03 Adjourn
Science & Digital Evidence
3.5 hours
CH 44-46 12:03 Luncheon Presentation: iPads
and Tablets for Lawyers .5 hr
12:33 Break
12:48 Technology in the
Courtroom .75 hr
1:20 Computer & Cell Phone
Forensics .75 hr
1:56 Break
CH 47-48 2:06 Evidence in an Electronic
Age .75 hr
2:36 Social Media, Wiretapping,
and Intercepted Evidence
.75 hr
3:26 Adjourn
TRACK ONE
Crimes Against Persons
3.25 hours
CH 27-29 8:30 Family Violence: Love on the
Rocks .5 hr
9:00 Punishment and Mitigation: Making the Best of a Bad Situation .5 hr
9:28 Pre-Trial Investigations:
Controlling the Chaos .5 hr
10:00 Break
CH 30-32 10:10 Self Defense and The Castle
Doctrine: When is Deadly Force Unlawful? .75 hr
10:54 Confrontation and
Forfeiture by Wrongdoing: A 21st Century Take on Cutting-Edge Issues .5 hr
11:21 Proper Final Argument: Delivering Hard Blows, Not Foul Ones .5 hr
11:53 Break for lunch
TRACK TWO
Appellate
3.25 hours including 1 ethics
CH 38-40 8:30 Brief Writing in the 21st
Century .5 hr
9:01 Oral Argument: What I Knew as an Appellate Advocate - What I’ve Learned as an Appellate Judge .5 hr
9:33 Petitions for Discretionary Review: Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat .5 hr
10:04 Break
CH 41-43 10:14 State Writs of Habeas
Corpus: What You Need to Know to Find a Needle in the PCW Haystack .5 hr
10:46 The Rules of Appellate Procedure: It’s No
Coincidence They’re Called the TRAP .5 hr (.25 ethics)
11:16 Appellate Ethics: Avoiding the Dreaded “Personal & Confidential” Envelope from the State Bar .75 hr ethics
11:48 Break for lunch
TRACK THREE
DWI
6.75 hours including .5 ethics
CH 49-50 8:30 Voir Dire – State’s
Perspective .75 hr
9:13 Voir Dire – Defense Perspective .75 hr 10:00 Break CH 51-53 10:10 McNeely – State’s Perspective .75 hr (.25 ethics) 10:45 McNeely – Defense Perspective 1 hr (.25 ethics) 11:08 ALR Hearings .5 hr
11:40 Break for lunch
CH 54-57 11:55 Luncheon Presentation: Lab
Errors/Lab Discovery
.75 hr 12:42 Break
12:57 DRE Evidence .75 hr
1:33 DWI Drug Prosecution .75 hr
2:10 DWI Drug Defense .75 hr
LIVE
Houston
July 21-24, 2014
Westin Galleria Hotel
VIDEO
San Antonio
September 10-12, 2014
La Quinta Inn & Suites
San Antonio Riverwalk
VIDEO
Dallas
October 8-10, 2014
DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel
The 2014 Advanced Criminal Law
Course includes a panel of skilled
prosecution and defense attorneys
discussing the new discovery
rules, an entire hour on Brady: the
law and practical considerations,
the riveting Michael Morton story
of when the system fails, four
individually presented search and
seizure topics, as well as many
other remarkable presentations.
MCLE CREDIT
Up to 24 HOURS | Up to 5.75 ETHICS
Arrive in Houston a day early to
attend
Criminal Law 101
Course Highlights
& Amenities:
• Full-day DWI Track
• Half-day tracks on Appellate Law,
Child Sexual Assault, Crimes
Against Persons, Science & Digital
Evidence and Federal Law
• Special session on preparing for
the Specialization Exam
• Networking break sponsored by
the Criminal Justice Section
(Houston site only)
• Evening welcoming reception
(Houston site only)
• Complimentary internet provided
in the meeting room
• Course materials optionally
available as a PDF download and
printed notebooks at no additional
cost, or receive the PDF download
only for a discount!
• Plus, watch any topics archived
online that you don’t attend and
earn up to an additional 13.5 hours,
including .5 ethics hour.
What Past Attendees Had to Say:
“This course was extremely informative and helpful. I feel like I have
expanded my criminal law knowledge greatly.”
“One of the most useful CLEs I’ve attended.”
“The speakers were very good and extremely impressive.”
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Criminal Law 101 Course
Sunday
4.5 hours including 1.5 ethics
12:30 Registration
1:10 Welcoming Remarks
Course Director
Patricia J. Cummings, Round Rock Law Office of Patricia J. Cummings 1:15 Session I - Behind the Scenes:
Prosecutors, Criminal Defense Lawyers and Their Clients
1.5 hr (.5 ethics)
2:45 Session II - Investigations, Pretrial Motions and Developing Your Theory of the Case
1.5 hr (.5 ethics)
NOTE: There will be a 15-minute break midway through Session II. Early check-in for Advanced Criminal Law will be available at this time. 4:30 Session III - Texas Criminal Trial:
From Subpoena to Notice of Appeal 1.5 hr (.5 ethics)
6:00 Adjourn
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July 21-24, 2014
Westin Galleria Hotel
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September 10-12, 2014
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October 8-10, 2014
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MCLE CREDIT
MCLE COURSE NO: 901290394
4.5 HOURS (1.5 ETHICS)
Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas and to the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Criminal Law, Criminal Appellate Law and Juvenile Law.One site only!
LIVE
Houston
July 20, 2014 | Westin Galleria Hotel
Attorneys licensed for 5 years or less attend for half off!
The Speakers’ Bullpen
Many speakers will be available for
your questions directly following
their presentations in an area in the
ballroom foyer.
Video Replays
The four-day live course will be
condensed to a three-day video replay
by deleting non-substantive parts of
the program (i.e., introductions). View
the revised schedule at a later date by
visiting TexasBarCLE.com.
Purpose & Scope
Experienced Texas Criminal Law practitioners will discuss the nuts and
bolts of how to handle a criminal case from beginning to end. Starting
with general business practices and ending with how to file a notice of
appeal, the afternoon will be divided up into three sessions, all of which
will provide specific information regarding practice tips, substantive law
and trial advocacy pointers. Topics will cover fee contracts, marketing,
jail release, bail reduction, standards for arrest, searches, oral and written
confessions, the exclusionary rule, investigating the case, theory of
the case, plea negotiations, the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional
Conduct, Brady v. Maryland, discovery, pretrial motions, charging
instruments, voir dire, trial practices, the Texas Rules of Evidence, the jury
charge, Texas sentencing scenarios, collateral consequences of conviction,
motions for new trial and notice of appeal.
Faculty
:Course Director
Patricia J. Cummings, Round Rock Law Office of Patricia J. Cummings David Michael Gonzalez, Austin Sumpter & Gonzalez
Elizabeth Christina Jack, Fort Worth Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office
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July 21-24, 2014
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September 10-12, 2014
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October 8-10, 2014
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EARLY CHECK-IN
Sunday
from 3:30-5:30 p.m.
Monday
6.5 hours including 2.5 ethics
8:00 Registration
8:50 Welcoming Remarks
Course Director
Lisa C. McMinn, Austin
State Prosecuting Attorney’s Office 9:00 Supreme Court Update .75 hr
Tim Crooks, Houston
Federal Public Defender’s Office 9:45 Jury Charges for the 21st Century
.5 hr
Terrence W. Kirk, Austin Terrence W. Kirk Attorney at Law 10:15 Break
10:30 Extraneous Offenses .5 hr Catherine G. Burnett, Houston South Texas College of Law 11:00 Motions for New Trial .5 hr
Carmen M. Roe, Houston Law Office of Carmen M. Roe
11:30 Dealing with the Grievance Process .5 hr ethics
Robert C. Hinton, Jr., Dallas Robert Hinton & Associates 12:00 Lunch on Your Own
1:15 Court of Criminal Appeals Update .75 hr
David Newell, Houston
Harris County District Attorney’s Office 2:00 Mad, Not Bad: Special Needs
Defendants .75 hr
Nicky Boatwright, Lubbock Nicky Boatwright, PC
2:45 When the System Fails: The Michael Morton Story .25 hr
Michael Morton, Hideaway Exoneree
3:00 When Things Go Wrong .5 hr ethics Michael Ware, Ft. Worth
Michael Logan Ware
3:30 Warren Burnett and Michael K.
Moore Award Presentation and Networking Break sponsored by the Criminal Justice Section
4:00 The New Discovery Rules 1 hr ethics
Moderator
Kenda Culpepper, Rockwall Rockwall County Criminal District Attorney’s Office
David A. Escamilla, Austin Travis County Attorney’s Office Bobby D. Mims, Tyler Bobby D. Mims, PC Jarvis J. Parsons, Bryan
Brazos County District Attorney’s Office
Lynn Pride Richardson, Dallas Dallas County Public Defender’s Office
5:00 Maintaining Competence Through
Stress Avoidance .5 hr ethics
Allison Wetzel, Austin
Travis County District Attorney’s Office
5:30 Adjourn to Reception
sponsored by the
Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
Tuesday
7 hours including 2.25 ethics
8:40 Announcements
8:45 Fifth Circuit Update .5 hr Judy Madewell, San Antonio Federal Public Defender’s Office Western District of Texas 9:15 Effective Representation of
Counsel .5 hr ethics
Terri Moore, Ft. Worth Law Office of Terri Moore
9:45 Death Penalty Update/Overview .5 hr
Roe M. Wilson, Houston
Harris County District Attorney’s Office 10:15 Break
10:30 Evaluating Search Warrants .5 hr Hon. Marc Brown, Houston Justice, Fourteenth Court of Appeals 11:00 Investigative Detentions .5 hr
Stanley Schwieger, Waco Attorney & Counselor at Law 11:30 Exceptions to the Warrant
Requirements .5 hr
Hon. Georgina Benavides, Edinburg Justice, Thirteenth Court of Appeals
12:00 Lunch on Your Own -- OR -- 12:20 Preparing for the Board
Specialization Certification Exam
(presentation time 40 minutes, no MCLE credit)
Moderator
D. Mark Elliston, Dallas Attorney at Law
Hon. Lawrence E. Meyers, Austin Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Terrence W. Kirk, Austin Law Offices of Terrence Kirk Gary McNeil, Austin
Texas Board of Legal Specialization
1:15 Brady: The Law .5 hr ethics Enrico Valdez, San Antonio Bexar County District Attorney’s Office
1:45 Brady: Practical Considerations .5 hr ethics
Hon. Barbara P. Hervey, Austin Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
2:15 Voir Dire .5 hr
Robert B. Hirschhorn, Lewisville Cathy E. Bennett & Associates 2:45 Expunctions .5 hr
Fred Stangl, Lubbock Chappell, Lanehart & Stangl 3:15 Break
3:30 Competency Issues .5 hr ethics James W. Huggler, Jr., Tyler Law Office of James Huggler 4:00 Preservation of Error
.5 hr (.25 ethics)
Christopher J. Downey, Houston The Downey Law Firm
4:30 11.073 – Cleaning up the
Scientific Junkyard .5 hr
Brian W. Wice, Houston Law Offices of Brian W. Wice 5:00 Justice Scalia and the Fourth
Amendment .5 hr
Gerald Harris Goldstein, San Antonio
Goldstein, Goldstein & Hilley 5:30 Adjourn to Criminal Justice
Section Meeting
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TRACK ONE
Crimes Against Persons
3.25 hours
8:25 Announcements
8:30 Family Violence: Love on the Rocks .5 hr Susan E. Anderson, Dallas
Law Office of Susan E. Anderson 9:00 Punishment and Mitigation: Making
the Best of a Bad Situation .5 hr
Eric J. Davis, Houston
Harris County Public Defender’s Office
9:30 Pre-Trial Investigations: Controlling the Chaos .5 hr Kent A. Schaffer, Houston
Bires, Schaffer & DeBorde 10:00 Break
10:15 Self Defense and The Castle Doctrine:
When is Deadly Force Unlawful? .75 hr
Mia Dial Magness, Pearland
Harris County District Attorney’s Office
11:00 Confrontation and Forfeiture by Wrongdoing:
A 21st Century Take on Cutting-Edge Issues .5 hr
Andrea Leigh Westerfeld, McKinney Collin County District Attorney’s Office 11:30 Proper Final Argument: Delivering
Hard Blows, Not Foul Ones .5 hr
John Spruell Jordan, Houston Harris County District Attorney’s Office 12:00 Adjourn - Lunch on Your Own
Child Sexual Assault
3.5 hours
1:10 Announcements
1:15 Notice, Jeopardy and Due
Process: Does the Indictment Really Make a Difference? .66 hr
Lisa M. Tanner, Austin
Texas Office of the Attorney General
1:55 A SANE Exam Is Not A Mental Health Evaluation .66 hr Sonja Eddleman, Corpus Christi
Driscoll Children’s Hospital
2:35 Do You Really Think You Can Play
That Recording for the Jury? .66 hr
J. Craig Jett, Dallas Burleson, Page & Gibson 3:15 Break
3:30 Worse than Video Games: Cyber Crimes
Against Children .5 hr
Brenda K. Cantu, Austin
Texas Office of the Attorney General
4:00 Talking to Perfect Strangers About Really Awkward
Stuff: Voir Dire in Child Abuse Cases 1 hr
Ralph Guerrero, Austin
Texas Office of the Attorney General E. G. (Gerry) Morris, Austin
The Law Office of E. G. Morris 5:00 Adjourn
TRACK TWO
Appellate
3.25 hours including 1 ethics
8:25 Announcements
8:30 Brief Writing in the 21st Century .5 hr Robert Dubose, Houston
Alexander Dubose Jefferson & Townsend
9:00 Oral Argument: What I Knew as an Appellate
Advocate - What I’ve Learned as an Appellate Judge
.5 hr
Hon. J. Brett Busby, Houston Justice, Fourteenth Court of Appeals 9:30 Petitions for Discretionary Review:
Snatching Victory from the Jaws of Defeat .5 hr
Richard E. Wetzel, Austin Attorney at Law
10:00 Break
10:15 State Writs of Habeas Corpus: What You Need to
Know to Find a Needle in the PCW Haystack .5 hr
Michael F. Stauffacher, Austin Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
10:45 The Rules of Appellate Procedure: It’s No Coincidence
They’re Called the TRAP .5 hr (.25 ethics)
Hon. Sandee Bryan Marion, San Antonio Justice, Fourth Court of Appeals
11:15 Appellate Ethics: Avoiding the Dreaded “Personal &
Confidential” Envelope from the State Bar .75 hr ethics
Hon. Michael Keasler, Austin
Judge, Texas Court of Criminal Appeals 12:00 Adjourn - Lunch on Your Own
Science & Digital Evidence
3.5 hours
1:10 Announcements
1:15 iPads and Tablets for Lawyers .5 hr Hon. Scott J. Becker, McKinney Judge, 219th Judicial District Court 1:45 Technology in the Courtroom .75 hr
Matthew D. Powell, Lubbock
Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney’s Office 2:30 Computer & Cell Phone Forensics .75 hr
David Cowen, Dallas G-C Partners 3:15 Break
3:30 Evidence in an Electronic Age .75 hr Hon. Ada E. Brown, Dallas
Justice, Fifth District Court of Appeals 4:15 Social Media, Wiretapping,
and Intercepted Evidence .75 hr
Emily Miskel, Plano Koons Fuller 5:00 Adjourn
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TRACK THREE
DWI
6.75 hours including .5 ethics
8:25 Announcements
8:30 Voir Dire – State’s Perspective .75 hr Richard B. Alpert, Fort Worth
Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office 9:15 Voir Dire – Defense Perspective .75 hr
William David Burrows, Dallas William David Burrows 10:00 Break
10:15 McNeely – State’s Perspective .75 hr (.25 ethics) Alison Leigh Baimbridge, Houston
Harris County District Attorney’s Office
11:00 McNeely – Defense Perspective 1 hr (.25 ethics) Michael Mowla, Cedar Hill
Michael Mowla, PLLC 12:00 Lunch on Your Own 1:15 ALR Hearings .5 hr
Kimberly Griffin Tucker, Plano
The Law Office of Kimberly Griffin Tucker 1:45 Lab Errors/Lab Discovery .75 hr
Deandra M. Grant, Richardson Law Office of Deandra M. Grant, PC 2:30 DRE Evidence .75 hr
Don Egdorf, Houston Houston Police Department 3:15 Break
3:30 DWI Drug Prosecution .75 hr Warren Diepraam, Conroe
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office 4:15 DWI Drug Defense .75 hr
Stephen L. Hamilton, Lubbock Hamilton Hull & Rogers 5:00 Adjourn
Thursday
3.75 hours
Federal
8:25 Announcements
8:30 Understanding the Initial Federal
Arrest and Bail/Detention Process .5 hr
Miguel Andres Sanchez-Ross, Houston Foreman, DeGeurin & DeGeurin
9:00 Defending Alien Smuggling Cases .75 hr Francisco Morales, Corpus Christi
Federal Public Defender’s Office Southern District of Texas
9:45 Prosecuting and Defending Federal Child
Pornography Charges .75 hr
Kenneth R. Hawk II, Tyler Federal Public Defender’s Office Eastern District of Texas Camille E. Sparks, Dallas U. S. Attorney’s Office Northern District of Texas 10:30 Break
10:45 Federal Firearms Crimes .5 hr Myrna G. Montemayor, Laredo Federal Public Defender’s Office Southern District of Texas John B. Ross, Beaumont U. S. Attorney’s Office Eastern District of Texas
11:15 Prosecuting and Defending Federal
Drug Offenses .75 hr
Jose Angel Moreno, Laredo U. S. Attorney’s Office Southern District of Texas Selena Norah Solis, El Paso Federal Public Defender’s Office Western District of Texas
12:00 Navigating Through the Federal
Sentencing Guidelines .5 hr
David Botsford, Austin Botsford & Roark 12:30 Adjourn
MCLE CREDIT
MCLE COURSE NO: 901289748
Up to 24 HOURS | Up to 5.75 ETHICS
Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas and to the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Criminal Appellate Law, Criminal Law and Juvenile Law.Our Thanks to our Sponsors
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q Qualifying judge or q Judge’s staff attorney (see p.
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(Lawyers licensed 5 years or less, as well as registrants for the 101 Course, should skip this section.)
q $50 OFF because I’m registering by the “Register by” date at the left. (If by mail, date of postmark will be determinative.)
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q State Bar College q Paralegal Division
Limited number of Criminal Justice Section Scholarships Available!
Requests for applications must be made in writing to Jack Strickland, 401 W. Belknap St., Fort Worth, Texas
76196-0256, or by fax to 817-884-3333. Additional details are available at www.txbarcjs.org.
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Lisa C. McMinn...Austin
Planning Committee
Hon. Elsa R. Alcala ...Austin Hon. Cathy R. Cochran ...Austin Kenda Culpepper ... Rockwall David A. Escamilla...Austin David M. Guinn, Jr ...Lubbock Hon. Belinda Hil ...Houston James (Jim) Warner Huggler, Jr ... Tyler E. Christina Jack... Fort Worth Randy T. Leavitt...Austin Terri Moore ... Fort Worth David Newell ...Houston Carmen M. Roe ...Houston Richard E. Wetzel ...Austin Brian W. Wice ...Houston Edward ‘Chip’ Wilkinson... Fort Worth
Criminal Justice Section
David Botsford ...Chair Matt Powell ... Chair-Elect Hon. Doug Skemp ... Vice Chair Lydia Clay-Jackson ...Secretary Jack V. Strickland, Jr ... Treasurer Hon. Rose Guerra-Reyna ... Immediate Past Chair
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