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two opposed.
Motion made by Craig Jett, seconded by John Ackerman,
to recommend Robert’s Rules of Order to membership
in June—motion carries with six opposed.
Motion made by Cynthia Orr, seconded by John Convery,
for TCDLA to write a letter to the Office of
Court Administration addressing the underpayment
of CGA lawyers. John Convery, as our CGA liaison,
can help write the letter—motion carries.
Board voted to induct the following members into the
TCDLA Hall of Fame in June 2013: C. David Evans,
George F. Luquette, Richard Anderson, and Roy
Minton.
Special thanks to course directors Gary Trichter (Bandera),
Troy McKinney (Houston), Doug Murphy (Houston, and associate
course directors John Fox (San Antonio) and George
Scharmen (San Antonio) for the Stuart Kinard Memorial Advanced
DWI seminar held in San Antonio in November. Thanks
to their efforts we had 153 attendees.
Special thanks to our course director, Stanley Schneider
(Houston), for the Defending Those Accused of Sexual Assault
held in Houston in December. Thanks to Stan and the speakers
we had 125 attendees.
At Lydia Clay-Jackson’s direction, TCDLA developed a
new Defending Clients Accused of Sexual Assault cheat sheet.
Attendees at the Defending Those Accused of Sexual Assault
seminar received a complimentary copy of the cheat sheet. The
cheat sheet is now available at the TCDLA website.
TCDLA/CDLP will have five days of Capital training February
4–8, 2013, in San Antonio. February 4–6 will be the second
Capital Case Litigation Initiative (CCLI), where criminal defense
lawyers will bring their own capital case(s) to the training. February
7–8 will be a Capital/Mental Health seminar. Both seminars
will be held at the historic Guenther Hotel in downtown
San Antonio. So please make plans to come and enjoy the San
Antonio Riverwalk and attend the outstanding capital seminars.
Please make plans to attend the Psychodrama training in
Round Top January 9–13, 2013, at the unique Round Top Festival
Institute. John Ackerman is our course director for the
training.
The TCDLA Board of Directors invites you to attend the
next quarterly board meeting on Saturday, March 9, at 10:00
am. The seminar and board meeting will both be at the Crowne
Plaza Hotel in downtown Dallas.
The 37th Annual Texas Criminal Trial College (TCTC)
will be held March 17–22, 2013, on the Sam Houston State
University campus in Huntsville. Lydia Clay-Jackson (Conroe)
and Tim Evans (Fort Worth) are Deans of Student and Faculty,
respectively. Eighty lawyers will be accepted to the TCTC. Please
help us recruit lawyers to attend. The application is on page 19
and on the TCDLA website at www.tcdla.com, or you can call
the Home Office and have one faxed to you (512-478-2514).
The deadline for the submission of the applications is noon,
January 18, 2013.
Have a safe and enjoyable Holiday Season.
Good verdicts to all.
Regular Members
Nicolette V. Basillio, Houston
Lauren R. Crisera, Fort Worth
James Hamlin Dyer, Houston
John C. Hafley, The Woodlands
John G. Heather, Combine
Ryan Kerr, El Paso
Steven C. Lee, Austin
Reynaldo P. Morin, Nacogdoches
Jayd A. Piercy, Pearland
Benjie Reed, Mexia
Cavita Sharma, Houston
Robert Nolan Stephens, Houston
Jeffrey Weatherford, San Antonio
Roy Wygant, Houston
Affiliate Members
Michael H. Fortney, San Antonio
Shawn Mcdonald, Manvel
Ann E. Parman, Macon
Victoria Rusk, Corpus Christi
Public Defenders
Amanda Diane Austin, Laredo
Truc Thanh Le, Laredo
Shane McMahon, El Paso
Christopher P. Rodriguez, San
Antonio
Miguel Hernandez Serrano, Laredo