Official newsletter of the San Antonio Bar Association

June 2015 Vol. LXXXVV Number 11

in this issue

SABA’s Annual Election 1, 6-13STOP CLE Luncheon 15BCWB CLE Luncheon 15New Courthouse Scanner 17SABA Installation Gala 172015 SBOT Annual Meeting 20SABA’s New Staff 22

departments

President’s Message 2SABA/SABF Officer Roster 3Community Justice Program 4-5New Member Welcome 14Tributes 15In Full Disclosure 16Briefly Announcements 18-19Listings 21June Calendar 23

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2015Election2015 NomiNeeS

President electRobert J. (Bobby) Barrera

vice PresidentBeth Watkins

SecretaryRosa Cabezas-Gil

Santos Vargas

treasurerTom CrosleyDiana Geis

DirectorRebeca Martinez

Karen MarvelJefferson Moore

Lynette QuintanillaCarla Martinez RiedlJohn (Bud) Ritenour

Mark SessionsTy Sheehan

SABA members will elect a president-elect (2016-17), vice president, secretary and treasur-er. Members will also elect four directors to two-year terms (2015-17). Candidate biographies are following and also will be available on the SABA website in early June. Please review the biographies to acquaint yourself with all of the nominees.

CJP TRLA Family Law Clinic,

6/9

Subpoena Deadline, 6/10

SABA Brown Bag Lunch CLE,

6/18

SBOT Annual Meeting, 6/18-19

CJP Veterans Clinic, 6/19

SABA Monthly Luncheon,

6/25

CJP Wills Clinic, 6/27

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haPPY FatheR’S DaY!My wife and I paid a visit last

month to my hometown of Cumberland, Maryland over Mother’s Day Weekend. We visited the gravesite of my parents during our stay.

Maynard Eugene Keyser, 1923 - 2009, still has two sisters living in what was once called “Fort Cumberland.” George Washington’s cabin still sits on the bank of the Potomac River looking towards

West Virginia. Aunt Betty and Aunt Doris are approaching 90. Their health is slipping just like the WW II veterans I saw at the Reagan International Airport on our departure from our Nation’s Capitol. They were in town by virtue of the wonderful charitable group “Honor Flight” to visit the WW II Memorial and other area landmarks. I shook hands with several of the surviving heros from America’s Greatest Generation. Most were in wheelchairs; only a few could still walk with some assistance. They were from the Greater Northwest area of Portland and Seattle. Arriving and departing passengers gave them a well-deserved standing ovation. Some had tears in their eyes as did most of the greeters, including me. There are not many of these unsung warriors left.

My father Eugene dropped out of High School to join the United States military during this time. After a short stint in the Coast Guard patrolling the Great Lakes, he found himself in the South Pacific around the Solomon Islands and Guadalcanal bringing Army and Marines to shore on a LST boat. He was wounded twice, received a Purple Heart, but never talked about his experiences. He could never accept my offer to take the family to Hawaii and visit Pearl Harbor. The cemetery there and the memories of war were too much to handle. We never kept guns in the house. I found out about some of these things when Mom showed

me his Honorable Discharge papers.My parents married in 1946. I came

along the next year. Eugene would go on to work for the B&O Railroad like his father and two brothers. He worked hard so my sister and I could have an opportunity for a good education. Dad’s former high school, Fort Hill, honored him before his passing with an honorary diploma. I honored him by placing an order for the half-dozen medals referenced on his discharge papers. It was the last gift he opened up during Christmas, 2008, the year before he died. His early cigarette habit and asbestos dust from the job eventually did him in on September 1, 2009.

Mom, the kids, my sister and family gathered on that Christmas morning to watch in amazement as Dad opened the last present under the tree. Everyone had tears in their eyes watching my father gaze at the memory of his service to our country.

If your Dad is still with you, let him know you love him this Father’s Day. I have discovered that being a Father is a special blessing. Happy Father’s Day to each of you who has worn that hat in some shape or form over the years.

Love, Tom

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President’s message

BELOW, LEFT ANd RighT: Tom’s parents, Shirley and Eugene Keyser, whom married in 1946.

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OFFiCers

direCtOrs

Thomas g. KeyserPresident

James M. “Marty” TrussPresident-Elect

Bobby BarreraVice President

Beth WatkinsSecretary

Santos VargasTreasurer

Rosa Cabezas-gilTom CrosleyDave Evans

Dawn FinlaysonSteve Fogle

hon. Laura Parkerhon. Richard PriceChristine Reinhard

Rebecca SimmonsImmediate-Past President

Jimmy AllisonExecutive Director

Jaime VasquezPresident

Mexican American Bar Assoc.

Patricia Rouse VargasPresident

San Antonio Young Lawyers Assoc.

Marissa helmPresident

Bexar County Women’s Bar Assoc.

Stephanie BoydPresident

San Antonio Black Lawyers Assoc.

Sara E. DysartAndrew L. Kerr

DirectorsState Bar of Texas

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st. mary’s Wills CliniC

Mazurek, Alford & hollidayChance MazurekZack CallarmanJaime TrevinoRamsey StrubeJohn Ellishillary holdsworth

Bexar County Women’s Bar Association Alyse haugenDenise BarlowSherry BarnashGaylia BrunsonShari MaoKatherine Noll

Dykema Cox SmithMarty TrussCassidy Larsen

Other Volunteer Attorneys grace UzombaFrank SandovalBetsy JohnsonJoe hinojosaMike NovakJames MeyratJane Ann FossonRobin TeagueCynthia Myersdaniel PerezMark Thompson

MentorsMaurleen Cobb – BCWBA Amber Liddell Alwais – BC-WBADenise Martines – BCWBAKim PettitRick Noll

JudgesRenee Yanta – BCWBALarry NollLisa Jarrett

Notaries and Support StaffLanda diazgina VillagomezCharlene CarrollLisa Santos

District ClerksNikki Garcia Consuelo gomezRoxanne MujicaBianca SalinasBrenda Carillo

Law StudentsEric Michael garzaAshley JonesAridssa MartinezJohn JohnsonTodd hensonMalori CarleyKimberly GravesTifini Ashridaniel haleyAmanda hernandezBrittany Barrera

Veterans CliniC

Volunteer Attorneysgeary ReameyAnn Marie MatonakGeoff Courtney Mike Novak James RodriguezValarie Miller – OAG

Support VolunteersArt Swezey – Texas Veterans CommissionSusan Wilen – Notary Jonathan Rada

thank You may CJP volunteers!

tRLa Family Law ClinicThank you to the Mazurek, Alford & Holliday, P.C. (MAH)

law firm for helping staff the May 12 CJP Family Law clinic at Texas RioGrande Legal Aid. MAH has assisted at several CJP clinics recently and has become dedicated volunteers to the program. MAH is a full-service oil, gas and energy law firm focused on meeting the energy law needs of their clients throughout the United States. The firm provides the oil and gas industry with top-quality legal representation with a high level of efficiency and professionalism. (www.mahenergylaw.com)

The CJP would like to thank the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association for volunteering at the May 12 Family Law clinic. The BCWBA has been annual volunteers at the CJP since the program started in 2002. The CJP thanks BCWBA for their continued loyal volunteer service to the indigent clients in our city.

UPComiNG CJP eveNtS:June 9:

Family Law at TRLAJune 19:

Veterans at VAJune 27:

Habitat for Humanity Wills at Strasburger 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

CJP Co-ChaiRSJudge Larry Noll & Judge Lisa Jarrett

CJP DiReCtoRamanda Reimherr Buckert

NotaRY/PaRaLeGaL CooRDiNatoRmary Peña (tRLa Clinics)

St. maRY’S NotaRY CooRDiNatoRPatricia Giuliano (Wills Clinics)

NotaRY/PaRaLeGaL CooRDiNatoRLisa Santos (tRLa Clinics)

maNaGiNG attoRNeY, Sa oFFiCeann Zaragoza (tRLa)

CLieNt CooRDiNatoRmaria “Lulu” villanueva (tRLa)

NotaRY/PaRaLeGaL CooRDiNatoRSusan Wilen (veterans Clinics)

CJP eXeCUtive aSSiStaNtCharlcye “Charlie” Glenewinkel

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CJP Co-chairs Judge Larry Noll (far left) and Judge Lisa Jarrett (front left) along with Judge Renee Yanta gather with members of the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association at the May 12 CJP Family Law Clinic at TRLA.

Judge Larry Noll (far left), Judge Lisa Jarrett (fourth from right) and Judge Renee Yanta (far right) welcomed attorneys from the Mazurek, Alford & holliday, P.C. law firm at the May 12 CJP Family Law Clinic at TRLA. Thank you to Zack Callarman and Chance Mazurek for helping to coordinate with their colleagues.

at&t excellence in Pro Bono Scholarship, Spring 2015

The CJP is pleased to announce that Alicia Grant as the Spring 2015 AT&T Excel-lence in Pro Bono Scholarship winner. Alicia is entering her third year of law school at St. Mary’s University School of Law. She serves as the student coordinator for the wills clinic and volunteers for several CJP clinics. In addition to her dedication to pro bono, she is on the Dean’s List, St. Mary’s Law Jour-nal and moot court team. She is currently a summer associate at Norton Rose Fulbright. Congratulations to Alicia for this honor, and thank you to AT&T for sup-porting this scholarship program.

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President-Elect Robert J. (Bobby) Barrera

Bobby Barrera is a solo practitioner at the Law Offices of Nicholas and Barre-ra and presently serves as the Vice-Pres-ident for SABA. After graduating from St. Mary’s University Law School in 1983 Bobby worked as an Assistant District Attorney for Bexar County as a felony prosecutor. He opened his own practice at his father’s firm in 1986.

While he practices both civil and criminal law, Bobby has been recognized in Scene in SA magazine as one of “San Antonio’s Best Criminal Lawyers” for the last eight years. In addition, he is AV rat-ed by Martindale-Hubbell. His practice consists of both State and Federal cases, and he is admitted to practice in the Unit-

ed States District Courts in both the West-ern and Southern Districts of Texas.

Bobby supports both local and State Bar associations and is a Life Fellow in the San Antonio Bar Foundation and a Sustaining Life Fellow in the Texas Bar Foundation. He has been active in nu-merous Bar organizations having served as a director, officer and president of the San Antonio Young Lawyers Associa-tion. He also served as chair of both the Hunger Relief and the Crime Victims committees while serving as a Director of the Texas Young Lawyers Association for many years. Bobby was elected to serve as a director of the San Antonio Bar As-sociation from 1992-1997 and was again elected as a director for 2010-12.

As a director he served on the Men-tor Committee and the Criminal Law Committee. He is a founding member of the San Antonio Criminal Defense Law-yers Association, where he still serves as a director. As a director for SACDLA, he has lectured and authored articles on Cross-Examination for their seminars. He has also been a director of the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association since 2005. He has lectured on several ABA and SABA youth lecture series, in-

cluding “You are 18,” which educates teenagers on the legal consequences and duties upon turning 18 years of age. Ad-ditionally, the “Free to Be” series educat-ed 8th graders on the Bill of Rights and its applications in real world situations.

In his civic service Bobby is a past di-rector of the San Antonio Battered Wom-en’s Shelter and the San Antonio March of Dimes. He presently serves on the Ex-ecutive Committee and as a director of the San Antonio Zoo, a position he has held for the last 14 years. He and his wife Karen co-chaired the 2010 Zoobilation Ball, which serves as the largest single-event fundraiser for the Zoo. Bobby is a past director of the Texas Parks and Wild-life EXPO Advisory Committee, which concentrates on providing inner-city and poor children the opportunity to travel to the EXPO in Austin to experience the “great outdoors” at a two-day event showcasing the Texas outdoor experi-ence. He is also a member of the Texas Cavaliers and member of the Cavalier’s Charitable Foundation, which raises and donates hundreds of thousands of dollars for various civic and charitable organiza-tions each year. In his alleged spare time, Bobby enjoys the outdoors and is also a

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Our 2015-2016 PresidentJames m. (marty) truss

Marty Truss is a graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law, UTSA and Judson High School. He is a partner at Dykema Cox Smith, where he has practiced oil and gas, intellectual property and business litigation since 1996.

Consistently active in local, state and national bar activities and charitable organizations, Marty has served as treasurer, secretary, vice president and president-elect of SABA since 2011 and served as a director from 2009 to 2011. Marty also serves as the District 10 Chair for the State Bar Grievance Committee. He has served in various leadership roles for the ABA Section of Litigation, including Division Director, co-chair of First Chair Press and co-chair of the Energy Litigation Com-mittee. Marty has served as President of the St. Mary’s Law Alumni Association Board of Directors. He is a past president of the SABA Litigation Section and served as president of the San Antonio Young Lawyers Association from 2001-2002 after serving as a director from 1998-2003.

Marty received the Texas Young Lawyers Association’s President’s Award of Merit in 1999 and was voted SAYLA Out-standing Mentor of the Year in 2008. He has also served as chair of the Board of Directors for the Family Service Association, two terms as chair of the State Board of Management for the YMCA Youth and Government Program, as a member of the Advocacy and Community Infrastructure Task Force of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and as the Leader-ship Lab Alumni Board for the North San Antonio Chamber of Commerce. Marty is a graduate of Leadership San Antonio, Class XXIX and the North San Antonio Chamber Leadership Lab. Marty has an AV peer-review rating in Martindale Hub-bell and has been recognized by Texas Monthly, the San Antonio Business Journal, Who’s Who in Energy and Best Lawyers in America. In 2011, Marty was recognized by the San Antonio Business Journal as an Outstanding Lawyer of the Year for litigation. Marty and his wife Julie enjoy travel, reading, cooking and chasing their three children, Nick, Andy and Paige.

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published wildlife photographer. He and his wife Karen have two children, Olivia Grace and Erik Joseph.

Vice PresidentBeth Watkins

Beth Watkins is an appellate attorney in private practice. In addition to her full-time practice, for the past nine years, she has taught a class of Legal Research and Writing at St. Mary’s University School of Law. Beth received her undergraduate degree from the University of Missouri in Columbia in 1999 and her law degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2002. Before starting her own law firm, she worked for the Fourth Court of Ap-peals as a Briefing Attorney for (now re-tired) Chief Justice Cathy Stone. Beth be-came Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law in 2008.

In SABA, Beth has served as Secre-tary (2014-2015), Treasurer (2013-2014), and Director (2008-2010, 2010-2012). She was elected chair of the SABA Appellate Practice Section in 2004-2006. She has also held a number of other positions on that section’s board from 2003 to present. Beth served on the Board of Directors for the San Antonio Young Lawyers Associa-tion (SATLA) from 2003-2005 and was the secretary from 2005-2006. She has held a seat on the Board of Directors for the St. Mary’s University Law Alumni Asso-ciation since 2003. She is member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Associations (TTLA) and the San Antonio Trial Lawyers As-sociation (SATLA), and has served in various capacities on SATLA’s Board of Directors and Executive Committee since 2008. She is also a Fellow of the San An-tonio Bar Foundation and the Texas Bar Foundation.

Beth was named the Outstanding Young Lawyer of San Antonio by the San Antonio Young Lawyers Association in 2007. She has also been recognized as one of San Antonio’s Best Appellate Law-yers by Scene in SA Monthly and a Texas Monthly Rising Star in Appellate Law. In law school, Beth competed on St. Mary’s Moot Court Team. In 2002, she won the ABA Moot Court National Champion-

ship and was named the best speaker in the nation. Beth volunteers on and chairs numerous committees in the legal com-munity.

SecretaryRosa Cabezas-Gil

Rosa M. Cabezas-Gil has been a fam-ily law solo practitioner since 1991. Prior to opening her own office she worked for Bexar County Legal Aid. She has been licensed since November 1987 and

is a graduate of St. Mary’s Law School. Throughout the years she has given her time to the legal community doing pro-bono work. She has sat on numerous boards including the St. Mary’s Law School Alumni.

Rosa is a past president of the Mexi-can American Bar Association and the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association. She has been on the SABA Board for two continuous terms. She has participated in Ethics Follies for the last 8 years and enjoys the roles she plays for the ethical musical CLE. Prior to becoming an at-

torney she worked as a news anchor/reporter/weather for Spanish Television in San Francisco, CA and here in San An-tonio. She is originally from the Canary Islands, Spain. Rosa has two daughters and two grandchildren. She would like to continue to serve on the SABA Board as Secretary and is asking for your vote.

Santos vargasSantos Vargas is a partner at Davis

& Santos, Attorneys & Counselors, P.C., where he runs a practice focused on com-plex business litigation matters.

Santos currently serves as the Trea-surer of the San Antonio Bar Association, and previously served as a Director of the San Antonio Bar Association from 2012 - 2014.

During his tenure as Treasurer and Director of the San Antonio Bar Associa-tion, Santos spearheaded a successful ef-fort to create a Paralegal Division of the San Antonio Bar Association and has participated in various efforts aimed at increasing and engaging the San Antonio Bar Association’s membership. In addi-tion, over the course of the past year, San-tos has successfully worked with SABA’s new Controller to tighten and strengthen the current budget and finances of the San Antonio Bar Association and to cre-ate strategic plans aimed at strengthen-ing SABA’s future finances. In addition to serving on the board of the San An-tonio Bar Association, Santos has served as President of the San Antonio Young Lawyers Association, an organization in which he has held positions as Direc-tor, Secretary, Vice-President, President-Elect, President and Immediate Past-President. Santos has also served on the Advisory Committee for the Community Justice Program.

Santos currently serves as a member of the State Bar of Texas’ Local Bar Ser-vices Committee, which organizes the annual Texas Bar Leaders Conference and provides support to local bar asso-ciations throughout the State of Texas. Santos currently serves as a member of the State Bar of Texas’ Annual Meeting Committee, which is planning the 2015 State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, to be held in San Antonio, Texas.

In addition to his activities in the legal community, Santos is a graduate of Class 34 of Leadership San Antonio, which is co-sponsored by the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Com-merce. Santos is also a graduate of the Alex Briseño Leadership Development Program Class of 2005, sponsored by the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Com-merce. Santos was also a founding mem-ber of VISION-San Antonio and served on the board from 2005-2009.

Santos started his career at Cox Smith Matthews and ran his own practice for four years prior to joining Davis & San-tos. Santos received his law degree from Syracuse University College of Law in 2004 and received a B.A. in Political Sci-ence from St. Mary’s University in 1999. While at Syracuse, Santos was the editor-in-chief of the Syracuse Law & Technol-ogy Journal. Santos plans to draw upon his extensive leadership experience with the San Antonio Bar Association and oth-er organizations to diligently and faith-fully carry out the duties of Secretary of the San Antonio Bar Association.

Outside of the practice of law, Santos primarily enjoys spending time with his wife, Patricia Vargas, and their two chil-dren Laura Vargas (5) and Santos Vargas (3). Santos also enjoys cooking and par-ticipating in outdoor activities.

Treasurertom Crosley

Tom Crosley has served as a direc-tor of SABA for four years. He received his bachelors degree from the University of Texas in 1988 and his law degree from the University of Houston in 1992. He was admitted to the Bar in the State of Texas in 1992 and is also admitted to prac-tice in the United States District Courts for the Northern, Southern, Eastern and Western Districts of Texas, as well as the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Prior to forming the Crosley Law Firm, P.C. in 2005, he was a partner with Branton & Hall, P.C. in San Antonio, where he worked for ten years. He began his legal career in Houston as an associate at Brown McCarroll, LLP for four years.

Tom is AV rated by Martindale-Hub-bell, is Board Certified in Personal Injury Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Spe-cialization and is Board Certified as a Civ-il Trial Advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is a past president of the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Associa-tion. From 2001 to 2005, he served under appointment by the Bexar County Com-missioners Court to the Advisory Board for the Bexar County Dispute Resolution Center. He has been an active member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association (director, 2005-present, advocates direc-tor, 1999-2001), the San Antonio Trial Lawyers Association (director, 2000-2001, President, 2002), the American Board of Trial Advocates (inducted 2004; Secretary 2013, Treasurer 2014), the American Bar Association, the Texas Young Lawyers Association (director, 1997-2001), the San Antonio Bar Association (director, 2004-2006, 2013-2015), the San Antonio Young Lawyers Association (director, 1997-2001, vice president, 2000) and the American Inns of Court. Tom is a fellow of the Texas and San Antonio Bar Foundations and is a member of the State Bar College. In 2001, he received the SABA President’s Award for pro bono service.

Tom enjoys an active trial practice, having tried 49 civil cases as lead counsel. He is a frequent author and speaker at le-gal seminars on topics related to personal injury trial law. He has been selected as a Texas Super Lawyer each year since 2004 by Thomson Reuters as published in Tex-as Monthly.

Tom’s docket of cases includes per-sonal injury and wrongful death cases arising from automobile and trucking ac-cidents, defective products, medical mal-practice and related areas. In his spare time, he enjoys time with his wife and four kids, travel, live music, Belgian beer, a good book, time on the lake and philoso-phy, preferably all in the same weekend.

Diana GeisDiana is a shareholder at Curl Stahl

Geis, P.C. where she primarily practices business, oil and gas, fiduciary and probate litigation. She is a graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law and The Uni-versity of Texas at Austin. Diana has con-

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sistently been active in local and state bar activities and charitable organizations. She currently serves as Co-Chair of the District 10 Nominating Committee for the Texas Bar Foundation and is a Sustaining Life Fel-low of the Texas Bar Foundation.

She also serves on the 2015 Annual Meeting Committee for the State Bar of Texas. Diana served as a director of SABA from 2007-2009. She is a past president of the Bexar County Women’s Bar Association and Foundation and the recipient of the 2008 Belva Lockwood Outstanding Lawyer Award. She is a past co-chair of Women Against Family Violence, an auxiliary orga-nization supporting The Battered Women’s Shelter of Bexar County. Diana currently serves as an Advisory Member to Family Violence Prevention Services and is Chair of the Safety Net Committee of the United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County. Diana is a graduate of the Class of 2006 of Leadership Texas. Diana has a AV peer-re-view rating in Martindale Hubbell and has been recognized as a “Texas Super Lawyer” in the area of business litigation from 2005-2015.

DirectorRebeca martinez

Rebeca C. Martinez is the second of five children born to Antonio F. Marti-nez, a Vietnam War veteran, and his wife, Manuela, of over 50 years. She has lived in military bases all around the country and moved to Corpus Christi, TX just before her father’s retirement. Rebeca graduated from Incarnate Word Acade-my with honors and later earned distinc-tion as a University Scholar at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas.

Rebeca received her law degree from Boston University School of Law in Bos-ton, Massachusetts and upon graduation was the honored recipient of the Faculty Award. After clerking with a large pres-tigious Boston law firm, Mintz, Levin, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky & Popeo, P.C., Re-beca returned to Texas to serve with U.S. Magistrate Judge for the Southern Dis-trict Eduardo de Ases, and later for Jus-tice Federico Hinojosa on the Thirteenth Court of Appeals.

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Justice Martinez’s private practice began as associate counsel at Thornton, Summers, Biechlin, Dunham Brown. She provided representation and trial defense to individuals, small businesses and large corporations. Her practice in-cluded every aspect of defending cases involving personal injury, premises and products liability, construction defect, oil and gas, environmental and toxic tort, as well as multi-party class action defense.

Justice Martinez later joined the Law Offices of Ramon Garcia, P.C. in Edinburg, Texas, one of the Top 100 Trial Lawyers in Texas. As President of her own law practice, she continued to rep-resent individuals and entities involved in multi-party litigation both in state and federal court, including actions involving toxic tort, premises and property liability claims and product defect and enlarged her practice to include family law and criminal defense.

As a member of the State Bar Pro Bono College and the College of the State Bar, among numerous other affiliations, Rebeca has been recognized for her out-standing service to the legal profession and to the public. She currently serves on the Board of Directors of the National As-sociation of Woman Judges, the Curricu-lum Committee for the Texas Center for the Judiciary and many other local bar associations. She currently lives in San Antonio, Texas, with her husband David and family.

Karen marvelKaren Marvel is a Board Certified

family law attorney with Marvel & Wong, PLLC. She served in most offices in the family law section of SABA, including President. Karen founded the Extreme Family Law Makeover Seminar in 2001, the section’s annual CLE seminar that serves over 200 attorneys annually. Kar-en also serves as a mentor for the Com-munity Justice Program. She frequently writes and speaks on her passion — child support issues — for local and statewide CLE. She is immediate-past president of the San Antonio Family Lawyer’s Asso-ciation and a member of the Texas Acad-emy of Family Law Specialists.

Outside the courthouse, Karen is

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married to Tom Shute, an assistant At-torney General. She is the proud mother of three teen children, including one with autism who inspires much of her law practice. She teaches kindergarten Sun-day School at First Presbyterian Church and is active with the Churchill H.S. Band Parents.

Jefferson MooreMilitary veteran, former prosecutor

and an attorney in private practice, Jef-ferson has over 23 years of experience as an attorney where he took to verdict over 100 criminal trials in Federal, state and military courts. Judge Moore began his legal career as an assistant district at-torney in New Orleans before joining the US Army JAG Corps. There he prosecut-ed court-martial cases and later became a military magistrate.

While at Fort Sam Houston, the State Bar of Texas awarded Jefferson the honor of the Military Attorney of the Year, and the American Bar Association recognized his office as the best military Legal Assis-tance Office world-wide. After becom-ing a private practitioner, the State Bar of Texas appointed him to the Grievance Committee (Region 10) for several terms before he took the bench. He has several published articles and is a frequent pre-senter at CLEs regarding military legal matters, ethics and criminal law. Jeffer-son has an undergraduate degree from Tulane University and a law degree from Loyola University of New Orleans. Jef-ferson is a US Army paratrooper and a graduate from the US Army Air Assault School with deployments to Egypt, Ko-rea, Panama, Bolivia, Israel, Germany, Japan, Romania and Bulgaria.

Carla martinez RiedlCarla Martinez Riedl currently

serves as an Associate Judge for the 289th District Court. Prior to her appointment as an Associate Judge, she prosecuted for over 10 years with the Bexar County Dis-trict Attorney’s Office. She is a member of the Rotary Club of San Antonio and has served as the Vice President, as a Direc-tor on the Board of Directors, and served as President and Vice President of the Young Members Board. Carla also serves

as a Director on the St. Mary’s School of Law Alumni Association Board of Direc-tors. She is a graduate of St. Mary’s Uni-versity School of Law and an alumna of Texas A&M University. Carla is married and has two young children and one yel-low labrador.

John (Bud) RitenourJohn “Bud” Ritenour is a solo attor-

ney in San Antonio, Texas. He limits his practice to criminal defense in trial, ap-pellate and post conviction matters in both State and Federal Court. He also practices state parole release and revoca-tion and federal supervised release revo-cation. He is Board Certified in Criminal Law by the Texas Board of Legal Spe-cialization, and a Fellow Member of the College of the State Bar of Texas. He was licensed to practice law in Texas in 1995. He is also admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the West-ern District of Texas, in the United States Court of Appeals forthe Fifth Circuit and in the Supreme Court of the United States of America.

Bud is a member of the American Bar Association, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (member of the Indigent Defense Committee and the Task Forceon Discovery Reform), the Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Associ-ation, the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (Past President, current Webmaster, active member of the Board of Directors), and the San Antonio Bar Association. He has been recognized-by Scene S.A. Magazine as one of the best lawyers (“as selected by their peers”) in San Antonio each year for the past seven years. He appeared as co-counsel in Tre-vino v. Thaler, a death-penalty habeas corpus case decided favorably to Mr. Tre-vino by the Supreme Court of the United States. In 2013, he was the co-recipient of the TCDLA Percy Foreman Lawyer of the Year award, and also the co-recipient of the SACDLA Kim Young Defender of the Year award. He currently serves as Chair of the Bexar County Public Defender Oversight Board.

Before starting his legal career, Bud spent 27 years on active duty with the United States Air Force, primarily as a

communications-computer officer, retir-ing as a Colonel. His duty assignments included Vietnam, Greece, England, Saudi Arabia and stateside assignments in six states. After retiring from the Air Force, Bud obtained his Juris Doctorate from St. Mary’s University School of Law, San Antonio, where he was awarded the Judge Jack Miller Mock Trial award and inducted into the National Order of Bar-risters. He also has a B.S. degree (Math-ematics) from The Ohio State University and a Master of Computing Sciences de-gree from Texas A&M University.

mark SessionsMark Sessions is a graduate of Baylor

University School of Law, Southwestern University and Winston Churchill High School. He has practiced at Strasburger & Price, LLP since 2010, focusing on busi-ness and banking litigation, as well as proceedings involving securities/FIN-RA, breach of fiduciary duty, shareholder oppression, non-compete, data breach and privacy issues and also advises on telecommunications issues.

From 2003-2010, he served as general counsel of NovaTel, Ltd, a long-distance telecom company providing services to businesses worldwide, with emphasis on India, the Philippines and Mexico, where his duties included corporate and con-tract transactions in the US and abroad, as well as M&A, regulatory compliance, state, local and foreign telecom tax issues and arbitration. Mark started practice in El Paso in 1981 and soon moved to San Antonio where he became a partner at Groce Locke & Hebdon in 1987.

Consistently active in bar activities, Mark was an Officer and Director of SABA, 1995-97. He served on the State Bar MCLE Committee, 2008-10, and was Chair from 2010-12. Mark has served in various leadership roles for the American Bar Association, including his current role in the ABA Judicial Division on the Ex-ecutive Committee and as Program Chair of the Lawyers Conference and advisory member of the Standing Committee on Law & National Security since 2011. He served as Chair of the ABA Young Law-yers Division from 1992-93. Thereafter, Mark served in the ABA House of Del-

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egates from 1994-2008 and was SABA Delegate to ABA House, 1997-2008. His ABA service also included membership on the Commission on Women in the Profession, 1993-95, Commission on Op-portunities for Minorities in the Profes-sion, 1997-99, and Commission on Do-mestic Violence, 2000-02. In 2009, Mark was presented the ABA Grassroots Ad-vocacy Award in Washington DC. When the ABA met in San Antonio, he served as Chair, ABA Midyear Meeting Advisory Committee, 2003-04, and Co-Chair, ABA Midyear Meeting Advisory Committee, 1997. Mark served as Director of the Texas Young Lawyers Association from 1987-88 and was named the Outstanding Director the TYLA Board in 1987. He also served as a Director of the San Antonio Young Lawyers Association from 1984-85 and was selected the Outstanding Young Lawyer of San Antonio, 1987.

Community leadership positions held by Mark include President, Found-er’s Council of the Southwest Foun-dation of Biomedical Research; Board Member, Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce; Delegate, World Affairs Council of San Antonio; and President, St. Andrew’s United Methodist Church Foundation. Mark is now an Assistant Scout Master with Troop 285, Coker Unit-ed Methodist Church. Mark has an AV peer-review rating in Martindale Hub-bell. He and his wife Lorian enjoy mov-ies, travel, good friends and good humor. They raised four children, Will, Ginny,

Steele and Taylor.

ty SheehanTy Hunter Sheehan is a Shareholder

with, and transactional attorney for, the firm Hornberger Fuller & Garza Incor-porated where he represents companies and individuals in sophisticated corpo-rate, securities and real estate transac-tions. Ty graduated Summa Cum Laude from St. Mary’s University School of Law in May of 2006. Ty is a native of San Anto-nio and plans to remain a member of the legal community here for life.

Since graduating from St. Mary’s, Ty has been elected as and served as the President in 2012-2013 of the San Antonio Young Lawyers Association (“SAYLA”). Additionally, he has been a board mem-ber, Secretary, Vice-President, President-Elect and Immediate-Past President. Among many other projects, Ty created and initiated the Healthy Living Program with SAYLA, which promotes a healthy lifestyle for and presents opportunities for healthy activities to young lawyers. Ty also created the SAYLA Family Fun Day and Chili Cook-Off, commencing an initiative to encourage participation in the young lawyer community by young lawyers busy with children.

He not only promotes profession-al and social relationships among the young lawyers but has served his com-munity as a member of the board of di-rectors for three years of the Young Tex-ans Against Cancer (“YTAC”), as a board

Online voting opens June 15 and will be available until June 28 at:

For those who do not vote online, paper ballots will be mailed immediately following the close of online voting and should be turned in no later than July 20 to be counted.

Election results will be announced at SABA’s July Monthly Luncheon.

www.sabar.org

member of the Witte Society and as a founder of and a current board member of the Leadership Organization of Profes-sionals (“LOOP”), an organization that works to engage, lead and transform San Antonio into a premier location for inno-vative and talented young professionals to live and work. Ty was selected for and participated in the Real Estate Council of San Antonio Leadership Develop-ment Program and has presented at CLE luncheons and CLE programs related to mergers and acquisitions as well as real estate transactions.

Representative of roles for Ty in his practice include facilitating private secu-rities offerings of debt and equity to raise capital for oil and gas, real estate and life sciences companies, facilitating the acquisitions, sales (stock or assets) and mergers of businesses of all sizes. He ad-vises clients in corporate finance and ven-ture capital investment matters, advising clients in governance matters related to limited liability companies, limited partnerships, corporations, professional associations and partnerships. He repre-sents developers and equity investors in the acquisition, financing, development, leasing and sale of commercial properties throughout the Texas, acting as special counsel in litigation (to litigators) related to disputes in businesses among govern-ing persons (boards of directors, officers, managers, partners and general partner), venture capital investors, and minority owners, and recently facilitating the ac-quisition of water and sewer utility com-panies for clients in Texas and represent-ing water supply companies.

While at St. Mary’s Law School Ty served as a judicial intern for the Hon-orable Xavier Rodriguez for the United States District Court for the Western Dis-trict of Texas, was an Associate Editor for the St. Mary’s Law Journal, was selected as a member of the John M. Harlan So-ciety (for high academic achievement in the study of law) and also accepted into the Order of the Barristers based on ex-cellence and attainment of high honor in courtroom advocacy. He was the Presi-dent/Chairman of the Board of the St. Mary’s Board of Advocates and served as President of his fraternity, Sigma Phi

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Epsilon, as an undergraduate student at Baylor University. Ty has been a speaker at luncheons and CLE’s related to nego-tiating mergers and acquisitions and real estate transactions.

Lynette QuintanillaLynette Boggs Quintanilla is a crim-

inal defense and civil litigation attorney representing clients in Bexar, Wilson and Atascosa counties in south Texas. Before her life as a lawyer, Lynette worked in both city and county government in Las Vegas, Nevada for 15 years. She is a former Assistant City Manager for the City of Las Vegas. In 1999, she became the first woman elected to lead a City Council ward in the history of that city. She is also a former Clark County Com-missioner. President George W. Bush appointed her as one of his six civilian trustees of the United States Naval Acad-emy. She is a past board member of the Miss America Organization.

Lynette received her bachelor’s de-gree from the University of Notre Dame and a master’s degree in Public Adminis-tration, Cum Laude, from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. She received her Juris Doctorate degree from St. Mary’s University School of Law in San Anto-nio. She is a former judicial intern to the Honorable Rebecca Simmons of the Texas Fourth Court of Appeals; former judicial extern to Chief Justice Piper Grif-fin, Orleans Parish Civil District Court, Louisiana; and former law clerk in the trial division of the Public Defender Ser-vice for the District of Columbia. She served both as a staff writer (Volume 42) and associate editor (Volume 43) of the St. Mary’s Law Journal. She is the 2012 recipient of the Judge Jack Miller Award, presented by the St. Mary’s Law Faculty Advocacy Committee, and one of 10 in her law school graduation class inducted into the National Order of Barristers.

As a graduate student at the Univer-sity of Oregon School of Journalism, Ly-nette, then Miss Portland, was crowned Miss Oregon 1989. She competed in and was a national finalist for the first ever Quality of Life Award presented at the 1990 Miss America Pageant.

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Congratulations

&to the NEWESTmembers of the

San Antonio Bar Association!

WELCOME

Laura Durbin

Courtenay E. Euton

Nicole E. Grey

Leslie Kassahn

Linda Leeser

Sean C. Markey

Russell S. McWhorter

Lauren O’Connor

Cameron R. Redding

Kristal A. Snelson

Noah N. Speck

Anna M. Torres

Sandra L. Young

For Information about individual members and chapter activities, visit the local website at:www.attorney-mediators.org/SanAntonioChapterMany of our members have online scheduling functionality.

Contact the San Antonio Local Chapter:Don Philbindon.philbin@adrtoolbox.com

Committed to the mediation process, each of our member lawyers is devoted to the ethical practice of law. Recommended by judges and their fellow attorneys, AAM mediators have conducted over 25,000 mediations since 1989. A model of responsible dispute resolution, as a group we have over 850 years’ experience in the practice of law. Each of our members are covered by the A-A-M group arbitrators and mediators professional liability insurance policy. With this much talent and experience, why consider any other mediation source?

AppellateBankruptcy Business/CommercialCivil RightsCondemnationConstructionConsumer

EducationEmployment & LaborEntertainment FamilyFarm & RanchHealth CareInsuranceIntellectual PropertyInternational

Medical Oil & GasPersonal InjuryProfessional LiabilityReal EstateSecurities Taxation Title InsuranceWills, Trusts & Estates

MEMBERSDick AlcalaJohn BoyceLeslie Selig ByrdBen ChappellLeif ClarkKaren CrouchMichael CurryAllan DuBoisJohn FrancoOtto GoodCharles HanorReese HarrisonChris HeinrichsRonald HornbergerNan HundereRichard IhfeGary JavoreDoug KettermanJerry KingDaniel KustoffWilliam LemonsDan NaranjoJamie PattersonB. F. PennypackerGale “Pete” PetersonRobert PfeufferDon PhilbinEdward PinaRichard ReedLes SachanowiczWade SheltonJohn SkoglandTommy SmithPhylis SpeedlinBill Towns

The Association of Attorney-MediatorsSan Antonio Chapterwww.attorney-mediators.org/SanAntonioChapter

Areas of Practice

Tributes

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The South Texas Organization of Paralegals, Inc. (STOP) monthly CLE luncheon will be held June 4 at The Em-bassy Suites (7750 Briaridge). Registra-tion will start at 11:30 a.m. with lunch from noon until 1:00 p.m. Please RSVP before June 2, 2015 at noon. For more information visit: www.stopweb.org.

Cost: $21.00/$24.00CLe: 1.0 hrContact: Kathleen ShipleyPhone: 210-554-9135email: Program@stopweb.orgRSvP: RSVP@stopweb.org

Tributes

John m. Curney, Jr.- from Beth and Joe Casseb

Floyd mcGowan- from George Spencer and Judge

Polly Jackson Spencer

James B. “Burley” Smith- from George Spencer and Judge

Polly Jackson Spencer

Visit is.gd/SaBFtributes to submit aTribute online (credit card required).

Inmemory of

StoP CLe Luncheon, June 4

Please join us at noon on Tuesday, June 2nd at Club Giraud as we welcome Judith Blakeway. A graduate of the University of Texas School of Law, Ms. Blakeway is a partner in the litigation practice of Strasburger in San Antonio, Texas.

Ms. Blakeway will discuss the legal steps necessary for filing interlocutory appeals. Ms. Blakeway will discuss what interlocutory orders are appeal-able, whether the appeal stops proceed-ings in the trial court, when notice of appeal must be filed, whether failure to take an interlocutory appeal forfeits the right to appeal later, and whether the Texas Supreme Court can review inter-locutory appeals.

CLe: 0.75 hoursWhen: Tuesday, June 2, 2015time: Noon to 1:00 p.m.

Where: Club GiraudCost: $25 for members, $30 for non-

members, $20 for students, payable at the door

RSvP: Club Giraud has asked that we provide a headcount well in ad-vance of the luncheon, so please RSVP by Friday, May 29, 2015 to Events@bexarcountywomensbar.org. Please include any dietary restrictions in your RSVP. We understand that schedules change, but we cannot guarantee a spot to individuals who do not RSVP by the date above. Walk-ins will be charged $35 to cover the additional demands on Club Giraud’s staff and no-shows will be billed.

For more information, contact Lind-say Riley (lriley@dykema.com) or Rachel Skinner (rskinner@dykema.com).

We hope to see you there!

BCWB June 2 CLe Luncheon: Judith Blakeway on interlocutory appeals

emerson “Buddy” Banack, Jr.

- from Jennifer and mike Kreager

In honor of

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Written by Tina Torres:

When I first got licensed, a number of attorneys, including my boss (who hap-pened to be my Dad), steered me away from family law. Dad, in particular, told me not to do it because the cases were of-ten highly emotional and volatile. A few years into my practice, though, when a lady who had little money and a 16-year-old daughter suffering from leukemia called, I decided to jump into the family law arena. Not only was her ex-husband suing her for custody, he was behind in child support by $25,000.00. I have to admit, I took the case because I was emo-tionally driven. How could this person who owed so much in back child support do such a thing to this poor woman while she and her daughter were dealing with a life-threatening illness? In the end, we won, and a Judge awarded my client cus-tody of her child and all of her back child support and attorney’s fees. Today, her daughter is beautiful and healthy with a child of her own, the family no longer in the state of turmoil they were in when we first met.

Shortly thereafter, a young mother called for help. She spoke of horrible things about the child’s father and want-ed to terminate his rights. I can still re-member the intensity of the mother’s an-ger and her daily phone calls to my office. In the end, my client made her case when the father voluntarily relinquished his parental rights. Only a few months later, I received a phone call from the hysteri-cal and devasted mother. After stepping away for just a few seconds while her baby boy took a bath, the child drowned in a tragic accident. The story will forev-er stick with me, and I’ll never forget the beautiful blonde curly-haired boy with sky-blue eyes and an impish smile. I keep

in touch with the family and know they are still torn and trying to find solace after this dear child’s death.

In my 18 years of practice, I’ve seen families work together through such dev-astating and difficult times as divorce, but I’ve also seen families fall apart. I can say that in my own life, I experienced the fall-ing apart after my parents’ own divorce, but I also experienced the coming togeth-er as we healed. I’ve told many a client when they initially come see me in a state of disarray that, at some point, they will be fine. Often perplexed and in the midst of their pain, they’ll ask, “But how?” And, inevitably, I say, “forgiveness.”

It is without saying we all have to deal with forgiveness throughout our lives, and many of us may be struggling with it right now. If there’s anything I feel can help individuals through a divorce, a custody battle, or practically any area in our lives where we’ve been hurt, it’s for-giveness. And it’s love.

I’m sure anyone involved in family law matters will agree that people often promote divorce wars or custody battles because they are hurt and angry. When seeing my clients go through these tumul-tuous times of their lives, I’m reminded of Martin Luther King’s mantra, “Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it; hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.”

Really, it comes down to looking at ourselves and taking personal responsi-bility in any given situation. So, rather than perpetuating the “He did this, or she did that” mentality, push yourself and your clients to ask, “What positive ac-tion can I take in this situation?” Rather than sitting back while your client tells her child, “Your father doesn’t love you and is a worthless loser,” promote the understanding that both parents are part

of that child, and the ugly things Mom says about Dad are, in effect, ugly things she’s saying about her child. Rather than promote a family’s fighting, take an ac-tive role in finding some kind of common ground and work from there.

I find it hard to treat family law issues in the traditional adversarial method of practicing law because it’s when a family is torn apart that we should all work to-gether, including attorneys, to guide our clients and their families through crises. In this Springtime of reawakening and re-birth, perhaps a reminder of “holistic” or “peacelaw” principles is timely:

Promote peaceful advocacy and holistic legal principles; encourage compassion, reconciliation, forgiveness, and healing; advocate the need for a hu-mane legal process; contribute to peace building at all levels; enjoy the practice of law; listen intentionally and deeply in order to gain complete understanding; acknowledge the opportunity in con-flict; and wholly honor and respect the dignity and integrity of each individual human being.

After all, when we value one anoth-er, we are essentially valuing ourselves.

Tina Torres is a former County Court at Law Judge and currently practices family law with the law firm of Zinda & Davis, PLLC. Both former clients mentioned in this article gave express permission for the use of their stories in this writing.

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Submissions must be fewer than 1,000 words.

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Introducing scanning and email capabilities! The Bexar County Courthouse’s new copy machine allows attorneys access to document scanning with a scan-to-email feature. It is located on the 1st floor, room 1.15, presiding-waiting area. Scans are $0.25 per page plus tax; copies are $0.20 per page plus tax (cash). For those holding an account, both scans and copies are $0.25 plus tax.

take note: New technology at Bexar County Courthouse

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Bill Lemons, of William h. Lem-ons, P.C., was awarded the 2015

Brutsche’ Award by the association of attorney-mediators at its annual meet-ing in New Orleans. This award is given by AAM to the “person personifying the principles of service and commitment to the profession that are the foundation of the ADR movement.” AAM is a national organization whose 400 members have mediated in excess of 300,000 disputes.

David m. Butterbaugh is pleased to announce the formation of the

Law Office of David M. Butterbaugh, P.C. Prior to forming his own firm, he was a shareholder with Plunkett & Griesenbeck, Inc. He concentrates his practice in es-tate planning, probate, guardianship, en-tity formation, and related areas. David is board certified in Estate Planning and Pro-bate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Spe-cialization. He is also admitted in Florida and regularly handles Florida probate re-lated matters. He obtained his B.S. degree with distinction from Cornell University, and his J.D. degree cum laude from Nova Southeastern University in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. David is also a seven year veteran of the U.S. Air Force (Captain). He can be reached at (210) 212-6700 or david@butter-baughlaw.com.

David higginbotham of San An-tonio, Texas has joined the Sol

Schwartz & associates, P.C. as a Senior Tax Accountant. David earned his BBA in Accounting from UTSA and is currently studying for the CPA exam. Sol Schwartz & Associates, P.C. is one of the largest inde-pendent certified public accounting firms in San Antonio with a staff of over forty-five professionals. Sol Schwartz & Associ-ates, P.C. is the exclusive San Antonio area member of CPAmerica International, one of the largest associations of CPA firms in the world.

Fred Rodriguez won four med-als in Track & Field events at the

texas State Senior Games held in San Antonio April 12, 2015. He won Gold in the Long Jump, a Silver in the Triple Jump, and Bronze medals in Shot Put and Discus events.

The week before, Fred sank a 20-foot putt for an eagle to help his team win First Place in the harp & Shamrock Scramble. In the area of career achievements, Fred was inducted into three professional or-ganizations: the National association of Distinguished Counsel; the Latino american Who’s Who; and the World-wide Registry of executives, Profession-als and entrepeneurs. April has been a busy and productive month for old Fred!

Schmoyer Reinhard LLP is pleased to announce John a. Ferguson, Jr.

has joined the firm as a Partner, and Justin Barbour has been promoted to a Partner at the firm.

Mr. Ferguson’s practice concentrates on all aspects of labor and employment law, including traditional labor relations, litigation, arbitration, and counseling. Mr. Ferguson has over 30 years of experience in traditional labor relations law, especial-ly the National Labor Relations Act. Mr. Ferguson is Board Certified in Labor and Employment Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Justin Barbour has been with the firm since 2008, and his practice focuses on the representation of employers in all aspects of employment litigation in federal and state courts, as well as in private arbitra-tions.

William G. Putnicki, recently retired after 21 years as the U.S.

District Clerk, Western District of Texas, and 36 years of combined federal ser-vice, is now engaged in the exclusive practice of Immigration and National-

B R i e F LYity law with his wife, San Juana, at 5121 Crestway Drive, Suite 109, San Antonio, Texas 78239.

tessmer Law Firm, PLLC is pleased to announce the addition

of two new Associate Attorneys to their staff. tara Richardson received her J.D. from the South Texas College of Law in Houston, Texas, in 2012, and is experi-enced in both Family and Criminal Law. Tara is very active in the San Antonio community and is a member of Junior League, the Witte museum Society and the San antonio museum of art. Christine Rudy received her J.D. from Western State University College of Law in Fullerton, California in 2013. A mem-ber of the State Bar of California, Chris-tine will take the Texas Bar Exam in July 2015. Christine is originally from Colo-rado and has experience in both Family and Criminal Law.

Tessmer Law Firm, P.L.L.C. is privi-leged to serve the San Antonio and sur-rounding communities with their legal needs. We are full service firm han-dling family law issues, personal injury, general civil litigation, estate planning, probate, guardianship and business formations. For more information, call 210-368-9708 or visit our new website at www.tessmerlawfirm.com.

James aguilera, CPa of San Antonio, Texas has joined Sol

Schwartz & associates, P.C. as a Tax Supervisor in our Tax department. James has over 20 years experience working in CPA firms.

Sol Schwartz & Associates, P.C. is one of the largest independent certified public accounting firms in San Antonio with a staff of over forty-five profes-sionals. Sol Schwartz & Associates, P.C. is the exclusive San Antonio area mem-ber of CPAmerica International, one of the largest associations of CPA firms

Stay tuned for more details on www.sabar.org.

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Branscomb | PC’s growth contin-ues with the addition of Joe Davis

to its Litigation Group. A seasoned trial lawyer, Joe is Certified in Civil Trial Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specializa-tion and has extensive courtroom expe-rience. In November, Joe and his team secured a jury verdict of $10 million for his client, one of the top ten verdicts in Texas for 2014. Branscomb | PC serves its clients with 33 lawyers positioned in San Antonio, Austin, Corpus Christi and Houston. The firm provides a team of lawyers to aid its Texas clients in matters of business, litigation, labor and employ-ment, energy; real estate, water, estate planning and tax.

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tions, commercial contracts and entity governance. Must be a self starter who is capable of handling projects with mini-mal supervision. Strong interpersonal skills required to work effectively with people at all levels in the firm and with clients. Qualified candidates are asked to apply by submitting cover letter, resume, writing sample and references to hir-ing78205@yahoo.com Salary commensu-rate with experience plus benefits.

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CoRReCtioN:We regret that an incorrect caption ran aloungside a photo of Bill and Chris Piatt in May 2015’s issue of the Subpoena. The correct caption and photo are below.

Bill Piatt and his lovely wife, Chris, smile for the camera alongside 2015 Peacemaker Commu-nity Service Award recipient, Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller.

Please welcome the newest of the San Antonio Bar Association and San Antonio Bar Foundation staff! Starting in May, Erin Boren and June Moynihan joined the hard-working SABA/SABF team.

erin BorenPublications Director

Erin Boren fell in love with San Antonio when she attended the Univer-sity of Texas at San Antonio, where she graduated cum laude with a degree in English, Professional Writing.

She was the founding editor of The Paisano Plus, a feature magazine for UTSA students, and aid to The Paisano newspaper staff. Her work at The Pai-sano, Texas’ only non-profit student-led newspaper, led her to pursue a career in publications and media.

She was a Southwest Airlines Customer Relations Representative responsible for customer comunication and, as a member of the Communica-tions Committee, she produced the department newsletter. Erin was also a part of the Editorial Team at Southwest Airlines, where she edited and wrote for

employee publications. Erin loves traveling and being

around the aviation industry, despite her fear of heights. She also enjoys spending time with her family in Hous-ton and spoiling her two cats.

June moynihanSan Antonio Bar Foundation Director

June Moynihan hails from the Bay area in Northern California and moved to San Antonio four years ago to be closer to family.

She graduated from the University of California-Hastings College of the Law in San Francisco and practiced for two years before returning to market-ing and designing corporate events. She was the Program Manager respon-sible for morale programs at Operation Homefront, a national $73 million non-profit that supports the families of active duty service members and wounded warriors.

June is married (to a UC-Hastings alum) and loves to talk about gardening, new restaurants and the nerdy things she learns from NPR and TedTalks.

Meet the new SABA Staff: Erin and June

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BCWB Lunch - Club Giraud @ noon

SA Lawyer Support Group - Al-amo heights United Methodist Church @ 6:30 p.m.

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STOP Lunch - 7750 Briarridge @ noon

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Summer Associate/Clerk & Young Lawyer Afternoon in the Federal Courthouse - Court-room No. 2 @ 1 p.m.

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CJP TRLA Family Law Clinic @ 5:30 p.m.

MABA-SA Mtg - The Palm @ 11:45 a.m.

Bexar County Court Reporters - Rosario’s @ 5:30 p.m.

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Deadline for July Subpoena submissions

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SABA Natural Resources Sect. Mtg - Petrolium Club @ noon

SABA Appellate Practice Sect. Mtg - Club Giraud @ noon

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SABA Int’l Law Sect. Mtg - Padgett Stratemann @ noon

Collaborative Professionals As-soc. SA Mtg - Petrolium Club @ noon

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Online SABA Elections begin - online voting will be available until June 28

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SABA Family Law Sect. Lunch - The Palm @ noon

SA Estate Planners Council Lunch - SA Country Club @ noon

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SBOT Masters in Trial demon-stration - henry B. gonzalez Convention Center

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Last-Chance Videos: Part One, Business Disputes 2014 - 5th Floor Bexar County Court-house @ 8:30 a.m.

SATLA Lunch - The Palm @ noon

SABA Brown Bag Lunch CLE @ noon - Judge Pozza’s Courtroom

Assoc. of Legal Administrators Mtg - Petrolium Club @ 11:30 a.m.

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SABA Environmental Law Sect. Mtg - SAWS Cafeteria @ 7:30 a.m.

Last-Chance Videos: Part Two, Business Disputes 2014 - 5th Floor Bexar County Court-house @ 8:30 a.m.

CJP Veterans Clinic @ 2 p.m.

SBOT Annual Meeting - henry B. gonzalez Convention Cen-ter (June 18 & 19)

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NELA Monthly Mtg - 924 Camaron St. @ noon

SA Council on Alcohol and Drug Abuse 5th Annual Pars for Prevention, 4 person scramble - Fair Oaks Ranch golf & Country Club @ 6:30 a.m. registration

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SA Bankruptcy Bar Assoc. Mtg - SA Country Club @ 5:30 p.m.

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2014 Ethics Follies Video Presentation - 5th Floor Bexar County Courthouse @ 9 a.m. and 2 p.m.

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SABA Monthly Luncheon @ 12 - Plaza Club

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SABA Elder Law Section Mtg - Plaza Club @ 12

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