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TYLA
Descends Upon Alamo City:
Board Updates and Election News
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| Newly
nominated President-elect candidates
Tal Hammock and Bill Miller
with San Antonio young lawyers
at the TYLA board meeting dinner. |
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The
scenic and historic city of San
Antonio was the backdrop for the
Texas Young Lawyers Association’s
most recent board meeting, which
provided an opportunity for the
board to hear an update on TYLA's
service projects and meet the State
Bar President-elect candidates.
TYLA
ELECTIONS
As
every year, the highlight of TYLA’s
winter meeting was the nomination
of candidates for TYLA officer positions.
Except for the President-elect,
who is elected by the general membership
in the State Bar’s statewide
election, TYLA officers are elected
by the current members of the TYLA
board of directors.
President-elect
candidates are Tal
Hammock (Texas City) and
Bill Miller (Texarkana).
Under TYLA bylaws, this year's president-elect
candidates were required to be from
small cities in Texas. President-elect
candidates are elected from the
general membership of TYLA. They
may begin outside campaigning on
March 1, 2006, and will be featured
in the March issue of the eNews.
The
other TYLA
officers are elected by the sitting
board of directors. Officer candidates
for FY '06-'07 are:
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Chair-elect:
Cade Browning
(Abilene) and Mary Reveles
(Richmond)
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Vice
President: Cheryl
Camin (Dallas) and Jennifer
Morris (Dallas)
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Secretary:
Christine Albano
(McKinney) and Jamey Secrest
(Temple)
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Treasurer:
C.E. Rhodes (Houston)
and Lisa Richardson
(Austin)
This
year's President-elect Karin
Crump (Austin) and Chair-elect
Gindi Eckel (Houston) will ascend
to the offices of President and Chair,
respectively.
TYLA
Board Positions - Nomination Deadlines
TYLA is currently accepting nominations
for TYLA Director
from several TYLA districts. Nominating
petitions are due
March 1, 2006.
Petitions
require signatures from 5% or 100
members, whichever is less, whose
principal place of business is in
the district. Directors are elected
from the general membership in the
district. Position
& Signature Chart / Nominating
Petition Form
TYLA
is also accepting nominations for
two Minority-At-Large Directors.
One position is open for a person
representing a large city and one
position is open for a person representing
a small city--i.e. a city other
than Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth,
Houston, or San Antonio. Nominations
are due March 15, 2006.
(Cont.)
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| Walker
Crowson |
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For Walker Crowson,
President of the El Paso Young
Lawyers, law is a family affair.
He practices law at Crowson
& Crowson, LLP with his
partner (and father) Junior
Crowson. His wife Jennifer is
general counsel for Trans-Expedite,
Inc. in El Paso. Her father
is also a lawyer, as is Walker’s
sister-in-law Kelly Crowson
(married to Walker’s brother
Matt). Needless to say, the
Crowsons have a lock on the
legal market in El Paso. (Cont.)
TYLA's Member Services
Committee in partnership with TexasBarCLE
has developed a new seminar designed
exclusively for mid-level lawyers.
The purpose of the seminar is to
help attorneys who have been in
practice for five to 10 years and
may be facing a career crossroads.
The seminar, which
takes place March 3, 2006,
in Dallas offers unique programming
tailored to individuals who may
be considering a career transition
... whether it be a lateral move,
a promotion, opening a solo practice,
or even a departure from the practice
of law. Attendees may sign up for
one-on-one sessions with any of
five experts in the fields of career
planning, financial planning, and
law practice management. Programming
will also include small group discussions.
(Registration
Information) (Feb.
2006 Texas Bar Journal)
Article
of Interest
TYLA
Teams Up with Hoops 4 Hope in Africa
By Clint Harbour
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Hoops
4 Hope - TYLA Court |
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While accustomed to recognition
for its service projects on this
side of the Atlantic, the Texas
Young Lawyers Association was surprised
to learn that it was recently recognized
for its efforts across the ocean.
TYLA board members teamed up with
Hoops 4 Hope, an
international nonprofit organization,
to build a basketball court at a
primary school in an impoverished
township outside of Cape Town, South
Africa.
Reminiscent of the Aspiring
Youth Program, Hoops 4
Hope teaches life skills to children
in an after-school environment—keeping
them off the streets and out of
danger while providing a positive
experience for them. What attracts
children to participate in these
programs? Instruction in the fastest
growing sport in southern Africa—basketball.
(Cont.)
(Dedication
Speech)
Tips
for Young Lawyers
The
Dos and Don'ts of Motions for New
Trial in Criminal Cases
By
David
C. Newell,
Assistant District Attorney, Fort
Bend County -
Courts generally regard
the 30 days after a defendant is
sentenced as a critical stage of
a criminal proceeding. Unfortunately,
many attorneys start acting as if
their criminal case is like a commercial
for “Life” cereal, and
they keep passing the “bowl”
back and forth until “Mikey”
has run out of time to file anything
(no matter how much he’d like
to). For those that do undertake
filing a motion for new trial, there
are various pitfalls that the new
practitioner should be aware of,
lest he or she finds him or herself
in that perpetual syndication known
as habeas corpus. This article attempts
to address some of these procedural
issues without spending much time
on the substantive grounds for new
trial. (Cont.)
Two
Houston Attorneys Nominated as
State Bar President-elect Candidates
Houston attorneys Andrew
Strong and Gib Walton
were nominated as president-elect
candidates of the State Bar of Texas
during a meeting of the organization’s
board of directors January 20th meeting
in Houston.
Strong,
a former TYLA President, is a partner
with Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman
LLP, where he practices environmental
and natural resources law and litigation.
Walton has
been a partner with Vinson & Elkins
LLP since 1982, serving on his firm’s
Management Committee for 10 years.
CONGRATULATIONS
AND KUDOS
The San Antonio Business Journal recently
named TYLA Director Sylvia
Cardona as one of their 40
Under 40 rising stars.
TYLA
Vice President Mary Reveles
has been appointed Fort Bend County
Attorney pending an election to fill
the seat.
Minority
Scholarships Awarded to Texas Law
Students
Designed to increase diversity in
the legal profession, TYLA minority
scholarships are available to minority
populations within the Bar, such as
women and ethnic minorities. Awards
are based on law school and community
involvement, employment history, financial
need, academic standing, and an exhibited
appreciation for the role and responsibilities
facing the minority lawyer. This year’s
awards were presented to:
- Stephanie
Coliesa Hollomon (Baylor Law School)
- Jennifer
Motwani Clary (SMU
Dedman School of Law)
- Lorilei
Zapata Cronin (St. Mary’s
University School of Law)
- Elverine
F. Jenkins (TSU-Thurgood Marshall
School of Law)
- Claudia
Sandoval (Texas Tech School of Law)
- Saleem
S. Razvi (Texas Wesleyan School
of Law)
- Erin
L. Jackson (University of Houston
Law Center)
- Jennifer
Young (University
of Texas Law School)
TYLA
NEEDS YOU!
Over the past two years, TYLA has
redesigned its website to better serve
its membership. Please tell us what
you think by visiting our homepage
and selecting the "Web
Site Evaluation Survey"
at the bottom of the page. The survey
takes about 5 minutes to complete.
Your comments and time are very much
appreciated.
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