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EtceteraDwayne Biltoncoordinated the 2010state-wide Client’sCouncil meeting andserves as Advisor(former chair), counseland lecturer for WheelerAvenue Baptist ChurchBoys Rites of PassageProgram. Patty Rangelis a founding member ofthe Brazoria CountyAsset BuildingCoalition. RichTomlinson is the chairelectof the ConsumerLaw Council, Consumerand Commercial LawSection of the SBOT.Bob Sohns is Co-Chairof the ABA Section ofLitigation DiversityCommittee and theSection of LitigationLiaison of the ABACommission on Racialand Ethnic Diversity.Gloretta Thornton isan Advocate LegalSenior Center boardmember. DianeMcManus chairsTLSC’s Family LawTask Force, and is adirector of the SBOTPoverty Law Section.Lewis Kinard is anSBOT Committee onTexas DisciplinaryRules of ProfessionalConduct member.Martha Orozco wasselected by the U.S.Commission on CivilRights as one offourteen appointees tothe Texas StateAdvisory Committee,her third two-year term.David Sadegh isPresident of theTenants’ Council ofHouston. KimberlyBrown is a member ofAfriPro Houston,hosting business,charitable, andprofessional networkingevents. MarkGrandich chairsTLSC’s Housing andConsumer Task Force.Maria Mercado is anABA Site Team for LawSchool Accreditationmember and recentlyparticipated in anevaluation of UC IrvineLaw School. JeffLarsen is a Gateway toCare board member, anorganization devoted toincreasing access tohealth care. FallonHamilton is a The BushCares Project boardmember, a non-profitorganization dedicatedto providing services tohomeless veterans.Greg Nodler is anAdjunct Professor ofLaw, University ofHouston Law Center,teaching “PracticingConsumer Law.”Sandy Huynh is anOCA-Greater Houstonboard member, a nonprofit,pan-Asianadvocacy group. SallyGodfrey is an SBOTPoverty Law SectionCouncil member.Richard Ishihara isCo-Chair of the Boardof Directors (GuidingCoalition) and Ally forCircles of East Texas,designed to buildrelationships acrossclass and race lines andsupport families inpoverty moving intoself-sufficiency. SapnaAiyer is an Alliance forEconomic Inclusionmember, a statewideorganization seeking tobring financial educationand opportunities to theunderbanked. ErnestW. Brown, Jr. is anExecutive BoardMember of ArkansasVolunteer Lawyers forthe Elderly and BoyScouts of America,Caddo Area Council,Inc.. Duana Boswell-Loechel is Treasurer ofthe Galveston CountyBar Association andPresident-Elect of theBay Area BarAssociation. StevenHollimon participates inUniversity of DetroitMercy School of LawProject SALUTE, avolunteer attorneyproject that assists lowincome veterans acrossAmerica withcompensation or pensionclaims. Melody Poolewas elected President-Elect of the GalvestonCounty Young LawyersAssociation and wonfirst place for mostunusual item retrieved (awedding band) in theTexas Gulf CoastCouncil of Diving Clubs2010 Trash Fest (thenation’s oldestunderwater cleanupcampaign). DavidCraig is a Habitat forHumanity ofNacogdoches andNacogdochesHomelessnessPrevention Coalitionboards member. LoriHartgroves appeared ona television segment inWaco about wills andestate documents. NicSerna is the Vice Chairof the Criminal JusticeAdvisory Board of theCentral Texas Councilof Governments.Mandy Clark isSecretary of the BellCounty ParalegalAssociation. JohnTorti is a Bell CountyChild Welfare boardmember, providingsupport in the form offundraising for fosterchildren in CPS. AdreaChow is a Friends ofDepelchin boardmember, the youngprofessionals group ofDepelchin Children’sCenter. Ron Espositoteaches in the paralegalprogram at HoustonCommunity College.Romi Schwartzrecently judged a T-shirtlogo contest for JenniferAnn’s Group, whichraises awareness aboutteen dating violence.Michael Reese is amember of the BrazoriaCounty HistoricalMuseum and hasperformed as FatherMiguel Muldoon inAustin Town HistoricalReenactments for 10years, in addition toteaching as an AdjunctProfessor ofAnthropology at theUniversity of Houston,Clear Lake.Guaddalupe Navarrois on the Board ofDirectors of theChinquapin School, acollege preparatoryschool for low-incomestudents in the Houstonarea. Charity White ison the Board ofDirectors of theparalegal program atHouston CommunityCollege. Linda Goodwas elected to a six-yearterm as Trustee, LoneStar College System.Paul E. Furrh, Jr. is amember of the SupremeCourt of Texas,Permanent JudicialCommission forChildren, Youth andFamilies, CollaborativeCouncil and serves asCommissioner, TexasAccess to JusticeCommission.
From the Desk ofLinda GoodSupervising Attorney for the Family and Children’s Rights UnitsThe Family and Children’s Rights Units are both dedicated toprotecting and serving the needs of families and children. TheFamily Unit addresses traditional family law issues, with anemphasis on cases involving domestic violence, humantrafficking, and other forms of physical and mental abuse.The Children’s Rights Unit (CRU) is Paul Furrh’s brainchild,and was first proposed following LSLA’s analysis of responsesto our 2007 Priority Study, indicating unmet need in a broadspectrum of issues related to children.CRU became a reality in 2009, following a delay caused by thefirm’s Ike response. Once the massive, immediate need fordisaster-related legal assistance became manageable, SandraSalas was selected as the Managing Attorney of the new unit.Sandra has great enthusiasm and extensive experience in family matters, as well as a good graspof public benefits issues as a result of her tenure in the Public Benefits Unit. Staff attorneysRomi Schwartz and Catherine Whitmore, formerly of the Family Unit, joined Sandra. CyndiCantu, formerly of CIU, joined the team when Catherine relocated to Chicago. Adrea Chowjoined the team in mid-September as an Equal Justice Works AmeriCorps Fellow. Of course,no unit operates very efficiently without support staff. Taryn Howell, also from the FamilyUnit, joined CRU as a legal secretary. Sandy Martinez is the Unit’s second legal secretary.CRU is fortunate in that four of its six members are fluent in Spanish! Of course, creating anew unit also entails a host of infrastructure issues – space, furniture, equipment, protocols,advertising, training, etc. – that would be challenging enough for an experienced manager.Sandra rose to the challenge and has performed admirably.You may have noticed that several experienced attorneys left the Family Unit for the newlycreated Children’s Rights Unit. A less-experienced managing attorney might have balked at theexodus, but Diane McManus took the Family Unit changes in stride, and set about restructuringher department. Diane and staff attorneys Rene Torres and Ron Esposito saw the departure inthe last two years of several colleagues who had been part of the Unit for years. Fred Krasnyand Kathryn Mecredy left for private practice. Todd Thompson and Sandra Salas werepromoted to managing attorney of the Bryan Office and CRU. Holding the unit together withbubble gum and baling wire for a time, Diane quickly hired volunteer attorney Adrea Chow asan HGAC attorney. Soon thereafter, Diane also added Anita Manoharan and GuadalupeNavarro as staff attorneys. About the same time, Shelly Matheson joined the Unit as an HGACparalegal and Francis Hampton came on board as an HGAC legal secretary. While trainingnewly licensed attorneys and some new support staff, Diane and her experienced staff alsowelcomed several law students during the summer and an After-the-Bar fellow, PriscillaHeistad, who has stayed on as a volunteer after the conclusion of her paid fellowship. In addition
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