Official newsletter of the San Antonio Bar Association September 2014 Vol. LXXXVV Number 2 in this issue SA Lawyers Support Group 4 Baseballs and Bow Ties Raffle 4 Baseballs and Bow Ties Gala 5 Texas Advocacy Project 10 September SABA Luncheon 11 2014 Ethics Follies Mia Culpa 12 Federal Ct. Practice Seminar 13 SABA Brown Bag Lunch Series 14 FLS/MABA Candidates Forum 15 Red Mass 16 New Atty Swearing in Ceremony 17 Consider Giving a SABF Tribute 18 Paralegal of the Year 19 SABA Juvenile Law Seminar 19 Medico~Legal Conference 20 SAYLA Courthouse Tour 21 SA Bar Auxiliary Update 22 Attorney Courthouse ID Badges 24 BCWB Autumn Affair 24 departments President’s Message 2 Memorial Service 3 SABA/SABF Officer Roster 3 Community Justice Program 6-9 New Member Welcome 15 Briefly Announcements 16-17 Tributes 18 Listings 25 September Calendar 26-27 Bexar County Holiday, 9/1 Memorial Service, 9/4 CJP Family Law Clinic, 9/9 SABA Brown Bag Lunch CLE, 9/18 Last Chance Videos, 9/18-19 CJP Veterans Clinic, 9/19 Baseballs & Bow Ties Gala, 9/20 2014 Ethics Follies Mia Culpa, 9/24-25 September SABA Luncheon, 9/25 SAVE THE DATE: www.sabar.org Subpoena NEWSLETTER You are cordially invited to the 2014 “Base- balls and Bow Ties” Installation Gala and ca- sino night on Saturday, September 20, 2014! Please join us for a special evening at the Grand Hyatt as we raise funds for the award-winning Community Justice Program (CJP) — and cel- ebrate the San Antonio legal community. The evening will include sumptuous food and beverage offerings, live music by our very own Court Jesters band and a variety of casino games including roulette, blackjack, craps and Texas hold ‘em! Try your luck at a casino table to accumulate chances to win some fabulous prizes! What could be better than a night out of dinner, dancing and casino games? How about a night out of dinner and dancing for a great cause. 100 percent of the proceeds raised at this event will be donated to the Community Justice Program. The CJP provides vital legal assistance to families, veterans, and the indigent through localized neighborhood-based clinics staffed by judges, attorneys, district clerks, paralegals, and law students. Just last year, CJP volunteers do- nated over $1,000,000 in time to our community. We must ensure that all San Antonians have access to justice in our city and in our courthouse. Help us make a difference today by signing up as a sponsor. Gala sponsorships are available at the following levels: - continued on page 5 - Join the San Antonio Bar for ‘Baseballs and Bow Ties’ Sept. 20 ‘Brown Bag Lunch’ CLE speakers wanted! The San Antonio Bar Associa- tion prides itself on its diverse at- torney membership spanning all disciplines of law. We are seeking CLE speakers for future “Brown Bag Lunch” CLE presentations. Do you have an hour-long pre- sentation that might be of interest to your fellow SABA members? We want to hear from you! Please email a summary of your pro- posed presentation to Kim Palmer at [email protected]. The monthly Brown Bag Lunch CLEs are a member benefit offered to current members of the San An- tonio Bar Association at no cost.
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Official newsletter of the San Antonio Bar Association
September 2014 Vol. LXXXVV Number 2
in this issue
SA Lawyers Support Group 4Baseballs and Bow Ties Raffle 4Baseballs and Bow Ties Gala 5Texas Advocacy Project 10September SABA Luncheon 112014 Ethics Follies Mia Culpa 12Federal Ct. Practice Seminar 13SABA Brown Bag Lunch Series 14FLS/MABA Candidates Forum 15Red Mass 16New Atty Swearing in Ceremony 17Consider Giving a SABF Tribute 18Paralegal of the Year 19SABA Juvenile Law Seminar 19Medico~Legal Conference 20SAYLA Courthouse Tour 21SA Bar Auxiliary Update 22Attorney Courthouse ID Badges 24BCWB Autumn Affair 24
departments
President’s Message 2Memorial Service 3SABA/SABF Officer Roster 3Community Justice Program 6-9New Member Welcome 15Briefly Announcements 16-17Tributes 18Listings 25September Calendar 26-27
Bexar County Holiday, 9/1Memorial Service, 9/4CJP Family Law Clinic, 9/9SABA Brown Bag Lunch CLE, 9/18Last Chance Videos, 9/18-19CJP Veterans Clinic, 9/19Baseballs & Bow Ties Gala, 9/202014 Ethics Follies Mia Culpa, 9/24-25September SABA Luncheon, 9/25
SAVE THE DATE:
www.sabar.org
SubpoenaNEWSLETTER
You are cordially invited to the 2014 “Base-balls and Bow Ties” Installation Gala and ca-sino night on Saturday, September 20, 2014! Please join us for a special evening at the Grand Hyatt as we raise funds for the award-winning Community Justice Program (CJP) — and cel-ebrate the San Antonio legal community.
The evening will include sumptuous food and beverage offerings, live music by our very own Court Jesters band and a variety of casino games including roulette, blackjack, craps and Texas hold ‘em! Try your luck at a casino table to accumulate chances to win some fabulous prizes!
What could be better than a night out of dinner, dancing and casino games? How about a night out of dinner and dancing for a great cause. 100 percent of the proceeds raised at this event will be donated to the Community Justice Program. The CJP provides vital legal assistance to families, veterans, and the indigent through localized neighborhood-based clinics staffed by judges, attorneys, district clerks, paralegals, and law students. Just last year, CJP volunteers do-nated over $1,000,000 in time to our community.
We must ensure that all San Antonians have access to justice in our city and in our courthouse. Help us make a difference today by signing up as a sponsor. Gala sponsorships are available at the following levels:
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Join theSan Antonio Bar for ‘Baseballs andBow Ties’ Sept. 20
‘Brown Bag Lunch’ CLE speakers wanted!
The San Antonio Bar Associa-tion prides itself on its diverse at-torney membership spanning all disciplines of law. We are seeking CLE speakers for future “Brown Bag Lunch” CLE presentations. Do you have an hour-long pre-sentation that might be of interest to your fellow SABA members? We want to hear from you! Please email a summary of your pro-posed presentation to Kim Palmer at [email protected].
The monthly Brown Bag Lunch CLEs are a member benefit offered to current members of the San An-tonio Bar Association at no cost.
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“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.”
— Calvin Coolidge
This year’s Installation Gala, “Base-balls and Bow Ties,” is right around the corner, and once again, the San Antonio Bar Association has committed to passing 100 percent of the proceeds to our award winning pro bono program, the Community Justice Program (CJP). Our San Antonio Lawyers were recently recognized for their pro bono contributions on state and national-wide levels. Thanks to the leadership and vision of Phylis Speedlin, Judges Karen Pozza, Sandee Bryan Marion, Larry Noll and Lisa Jarrett, we have matched over 7,000 pro bono cases with volunteer attorneys over the past 12 years. We now average 30 clinics a year under the able assistance of Suzanne DeWalt, Amanda Reimher Buckert and Ann Zaragoza. Let’s show our support to this wonderful program by coming out to the Grand Hyatt on September 20, 2014 for a fun-filled evening of casino games, prizes, gourmet food and music by the Court Jesters!
I was impressed and proud of our profession last month, when a free seminar about the Undocumented Children’s crisis at our border was sponsored by the Mexican American Bar Association, under the
direction of Jaime Vasquez (Chamberlain Hrdicka), Andres Perez (Perez & Malik) and the Refugee and Immigrant Center for Education and Legal Services (RAICES), hosted by Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated. The Most Reverend Gustoavo-Siller, Archbishop of San Antonio, said it best at his opening remarks “IT’S COMPLICATED.” Over 100 attorneys showed up to learn more about the problem and to get involved in providing due process legal services to these kids who are fleeing their countries in Central America for a variety of reasons. We were asked to refrain from falling prey to any political agenda while at the same time dismissing an attitude of “contempt prior to investigation” due to the individual plight and stories of the nearly 60,000 children.
The San Antonio Bar Association facilitates growth and professional dev-elopment through 12 independent sections of the Bar Association:
Alternative Dispute Resolution SectionAppellate Practice SectionConstruction Law SectionConsumer & Commercial Law SectionElder Law SectionEnvironmental Law SectionFamily Law SectionImmigration & Nationality Law SectionInternational Law SectionLitigation Law SectionNatural Resources SectionReal Estate Section
Each section is organized and governed by its own members. Each section holds regularly scheduled meetings, usually on a monthly basis with guest speakers. Section members are provided an opportunity to network and obtain continuing legal education relevant to their area of interest. This year, we hope to expand SABA’s offerings by adding a Social Security Section as well as a Paralegal divison of the San Antonio Bar Association.
SABA also has 20 committees that offer tremendous opportunities for growth — from the SABA Technology committee (free Courthouse Wi-Fi and WestLaw), the County Courts and District Courts committees to the Unauthorized Practice of Law committee, with a wide variety of specialties in between. There is truly something here for everyone. If you’re not already a part of one or more sections or committess, do yourself a favor and get involved!
Some of you are also active in one or more local bar associations, be it the San Antonio Bar, the Mexican American Bar, the San Antonio Black Lawyers, the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers, the San Antonio Family Lawyers, the Association of Corporate Counsel, the local Federal Bar, the San Antonio Young Lawyers, or the San Antonio Trial Lawyers. Remember: Life is not a matter of counting the years; it is a matter of making the years count!
Presid
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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.
Tiffanie ClausewitzPresident
Bexar County Women’s Bar Assoc.
Stephanie BoydPresident
San Antonio Black Lawyers Assoc.
Sara E. DysartAndrew L. Kerr
DirectorsState Bar of Texas
The Fourth Court of Appeals & the San Antonio Bar Association will sponsor a
Services begin promptly at 3 p.m. in the Fourth Court of Appeals Courtroom
Memorial Service
Thursday, September 4th
for George Gutierrez and David Clarkson
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San antonio Bar Foundation
Baseballs and Bow Ties
Benef iting the Community Justice Program
Installation Gala and Casino Night
Celebrating the San AntonioLegal Community
$10,000Cash Raffle
$100 per ticket
Only 250tickets sold
See Katie Kinder on the 5th floor to purchase a ticket or call 227.8822
SAMPLE
2014 ‘Baseballs andBow Ties’ Sponsors
(as of August 26, 2014)
WrigLEy FiELdSponsor ($5,000)
Phipps Cavazos PLLC
OriOLE PArk ATCAmdEn yArdS
Sponsors ($1,500)Association of Corporate Counsel
– South/Central Texas
Beirne, maynard & Parsons
Bobby Barrera
J. Cary Barton and Sara E. dysart
goode Casseb Jones riklinChoate & Watson PC
Houston dunn PLLC
Jackson Walker
Tom g. keyser
Langley & Banack
Hon. marialyn Barnard
martin & drought PC
norton rose Fulbright
Schmoyer reinhard
Hon. rebecca Simmons
St. mary’s Law Alumni/St. mary’s University School of Law
State Bar of Texas
Strasburger & Price
WrigLEy FiELdSponsor ($5,000)
OriOLE PArk ATCAmdEn yArdS
Sponsors ($1,500)
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Wrigley FieldSponsor: $5,000
Includes 10 dinner tickets, 5 complimen-tary valet parking passes, 20 beverage tickets, a starting purse of $1,500 per person in casino money, underwriting sponsor recognition on all print, email and online materials
minute maid ParkSponsor: $2,500
Includes 10 dinner tickets, 20 bever-age tickets, a starting purse of $1,500 per person in casino money, presenting sponsor recognition on all print, email and online materials
Oriole Park at Camden yards Sponsor: $1,500
Includes 10 dinner tickets, 20 beverage tickets, a starting purse of $1,500 per per-son in casino money, priority recognition on all print, email and online materials
individual ticket:$125 each
1 dinner ticket, 2 beverage tickets and $1,500 in casino money
Sponsor forms are located on the SABA website at www.sabar.org. Please make checks payable to the San Antonio Bar Foundation and mail checks to:
San Antonio Bar FoundationAttn: Katie Kinder100 Dolorosa, Suite 500San Antonio, Texas 78205
The earlier you sign up as a sponsor, the longer your name will run in SABA publications and emails — including the Subpoena and SABA website! For questions or addi-tional information,
please contact Katie Kinder, SABA Devel-opment Director, by phone at 210.227.8822 x25 or via email at [email protected].
All proceeds from the Baseballs and Bow Ties Gala will support the San An-tonio Bar Foundation and Community Justice Program. All sponsorships are de-ductible to the fullest extent that law al-lows. The San Antonio Bar Foundation is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation.
Thank you so much for your con-tinued support of the San Antonio Bar Foundation. We look forward to celebrat-ing with you on September 20!
Please join the San Antonio Bar Foundation for ‘Baseballs and Bow Ties’ Sept. 20Don’t miss the 2014 Installation Gala and casino night at the Grand Hyatt!
No. 1898
San antonio Bar Foundation
Baseballs and Bow Ties
Grand Hyatt600 E. Market Street
San antonio, texas 78205
Benef iting the Community Justice Program
Installation Gala and Casino NightSeptember 20, 20147 p.m. - 11:45 p.m.
Openingpitch isat 7 p.m.
Sept.20th
$6 self parking and $15 valetin Grand Hyatt garage all sponsorships include $1,500 in
casino money each for up to ten guests!
Celebrating the San AntonioLegal Community
Casino and Cash raff le
Cocktailattire
JULY FAMILY LAW CLINIC
Hoblit Ferguson Darling LLPRene C. BenavidesStephen R. DarlingApril Y. Quiñones
Jackson Walker L.L.P.Daniel D. Chapman Amanda N. CrouchStephen R. FogleRichard G. GarzaMelodee L. GruberPeter E. HoseyNina S. KangJesse S. LotayJulia W. MannSteve A. RamonCharles L. SmithElena Villaseñor SullivanMatthew J. SwantnerMatthew E. Vandenberg
Strasburger & Price, LLPMerritt ClementsCynthia D. GrimesAlex HuddlestonJoe RubioJohn MullerForrest “Teo” M. Seger
Other Volunteer AttorneysSean Henricksen
Volunteer JudgeMichael Mery
MentorsRick NollMark I. Unger
Court ReporterCraig Carter
District ClerksJesse J. Reyes, Jr.Graciel RochaJanet Ruiz
Notaries & Support StaffLaura AguilarCharlene CarrollLinda ChanceTeri FujitaniBrenda HabyJoann MartinezSherry MatthewsThelma PeralesLisa A. Santos
District Clerks Cynthia AponteDaniel GarciaIrma Garza
Notaries & Support StaffMarisela EscarenoPatti GiulianoAraceli MarfilAraceli Yanez
Law StudentsTony BareKerriann BrittEric Michael GarzaAlicia GrantTodd HensonNatalie KargeJason LinnstaedterAridssa MartinezCynthia Olsen (student coordinator)
Alicia Stoll
VETERANS CLINIC
Volunteer AttorneysAllan K. DuBoisAnn Marie MatonakJames MeyratJami NanceConrad Netting Gerald ReameyJames RodriguezJeanette Burney Sullivan
VA CounselorArt Swezey
Texas Attorney General’sHEROES ProjectPat BarsalouValarie Miller
Law StudentsTony BareHershall BrownAlicia Stoll
Notaries & Support StaffSusan Wilen
Thank you July and August CJP Volunteers!
September CJP Volunteer of the month
Each month, the CJP is honored to recognize a volunteer(s) or an organization that has gone above and beyond or done an exceptional job with the CJP. The 2014 September CJP Volunteers of the Month are the San Antonio Bar Auxiliary members. Each month, members of the Auxiliary provide the most de-licious homemade treats for the many volunteers that attend the CJP’s Family Law Clinics. Coordinated by Auxiliary member, Jere Lee, the desserts provided are always incredibly delicious and greatly appreciated by all. If you want to sample some of the most scrump-tious sweet treats in town, then I suggest you volun-teer at a CJP Family Law clinic! We are most fortunate to have the support of the San Antonio Bar Auxiliary and continue to look forward to the wonderful home-made confections that are provided each month.
September Volunteer mentor of the month
Each month the CJP recog-nizes a mentor that volunteers their time and expertise at the CJP’s pro bono legal clinics. The September 2014 Volunteer Men-tor of the Month is mark Unger. A great friend of the CJP and the San Antonio Bar Association, Mark has been practicing family for more than 18 years. A family law attorney and mediator, Mark has been mentoring at the CJP clinics since 2004. Mark’s vast legal knowledge has been ap-preciated by many volunteer attorneys over the years. Mark is also an advocate for integrating technology and has been extremely helpful in helping the pro-gram incorporate eFiling into its Family Law clinics. We appreciate Mark’s continued commitment to and support of the program and thank him for the many hours of service that he has provided over the years.
Pat Barsalou and Valarie Miller from the Texas Attor-ney general’s HEROES Project, attended the August Veterans Clinic to assist low-income veterans.
CJP CO-CHAirSJudge Larry noll &Judge Lisa Jarrett
CJP dirECTOrSuzanne deWalt
CJP CASE mAnAgErAmanda reimherr Buckert
LAd COOrdinATOr (TrLA)Patricia giuliano
ST. mAry’S CLiniC COOrdinATOrmary Peña
QUArTErLy CLiniC COOrdinATOrLisa Santos
mAnAging ATTOrnEy, SA OFFiCEAnn Zaragoza (TrLA)
PArALEgAL CLiEnT COOrdinATOrmaria “Lulu” Villanueva (TrLA)
if you would like to volunteer to “Just Take One” pro bono case, we welcome and appreciate your participation. Volunteer attorneys are eligible to receive 5.0 hours of free CLE, including 1.0 hour of ethics, for taking a case. The Community Justice Program will hold a Family Law and Veterans Clinic during the month of September.
• Tuesday, September 9, 2014 at Texas riogrande Legal Aid, 1111 north main Ave., San Antonio, TX 78212. Clinic starts at 5:30 p.m. – FAmiLy LAW CLiniC
• Friday, September 19, 2014 at the Audie L. murphy Veterans Hospital, 7400 merton minter St., San Antonio, TX 78229. Clinic starts at 2 p.m. – VETErAnS CLiniC
IfyouneedtofinalizeyourCJPcaseorhavequestionsaboutacurrentCJPcase,pleasecontactSu-zanne deWalt at [email protected] or 210.227.8822, x26. Please visit our website at www.sabar.org/cjp for the full 2014 clinic calendar.
CJP Co-Chair’s Judge Lisa Jarett (left) and Judge Larry Noll (right) thank volunteer law students and attorneys that participated in the July Family Law Clinic.
Judges Larry Noll (left), Lisa Jarrett (3rd from left) and Gloria Saldaña (3rd from right) welcome Bexar County District Court Committee members Dan Vana, Ben Wallis, Sam Drugan and mentor Bob Graul to the August Family Law Clinic.
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The CJP is accepting applications for the Fall 2014 AT&T Excellence in Pro Bono Legal Service Award. The AT&T Excel-lence in Pro Bono Legal Service Award is designed to encourage law students to develop a strong commitment to pro bono legal service while in law school, with a goal toward fostering a lasting commit-ment to pro bono service in their future professional practice. The award recipi-ent will provide legal and administra-tive support to the San Antonio Bar As-sociation’s Community Justice Program (“CJP”) by serving as a student intern.
One St. Mary’s University School of Law student will be selected each semes-ter to receive a $2,500 award based on the eligibility criteria outlined below.
Student EligibilityPresented to a St. Mary’s University School of Law student who:
a. Is a 2L or 3L student, based on accumu-lated class credit;
b. Is in the top 33% of his or her class and is a student in good standing;
c. Submits (i) an application; (ii) a one-page letter of recommendation; and (iii) an es-say discussing the importance to the appli-cant, and to society as a whole, of pro bono legal service (essay limited to two pages, double spaced); and
d. Commits to serving as a CJP intern for a minimum of 60 hours during the semester.
The award recipient will be selected by a committee comprised of one repre-sentative from AT&T, the CJP Director and one of the CJP Co-Chairs.
Applications are available at www.sabar.org or contact CJP Director Su-zanne DeWalt at [email protected]. Application, essay and letter of recom-mendation must be submitted electroni-cally to [email protected] no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, September 12, 2014.
AT&T Excellence in Pro BonoLegal Service Award, Fall 2014
Court Reporter Luis Duran (left) volunteers with Judge Gloria Saldaña and Judge Richard Garcia at the August CJP Clinic.
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Pro Bono Awards nominations SoughtAccess to Justice Foundation awards grant to the CJP
The Community Justice Foun-dation is pleased to announce that it was recently awarded a grant in the amount of $22,000 from the Texas Access to Justice Foundation. The Texas Access to Justice Foundation (TAJF) is the leading funder of civil legal aid to the poor in Texas. Creat-ed in 1984 by the Supreme Court of Texas, TAJF support for civil legal aidbenefitshundredsofthousandsof low-income Texans including vic-tims of crime, abused and neglected children, veterans, the elderly and the homeless. These funds will help support the program’s monthly Vet-erans Legal Clinic and allow us to continue providing legal assistance and advice to local low-income vet-erans and their families.
The 2014 National Pro Bono Week will be held October 19-25. In honor of this event, the CJP is seeking nominations for its sixth annual pro bono awards at the October 23, SABA Monthly Luncheon. The individual attorney and firm or local bar association or section that took the most pro bono cas-es in the last 12 months will be recognized. Additionally, we are seeking nominations for our 2014 CJP Excellence in Pro Bono Award. This award goes to an individual or organization in the community that has helped to further pro bono efforts or shown an outstanding commitment to pro bono work. Nominations should include a letter of recommendation explaining what
the person or organization has done to show a commitment to or enhancement of pro bono work in our community. Please submit your nominations to Suzanne De-Walt via email at [email protected] or by fax at 210.271.9614 no later than 5 p.m. on Friday, October 10, 2014.
Past recipients of the CJPExcellence in Pro Bono Award:
2013 Hon. Phylis Speedlin
2012 ACC South/Central Texas Chapter2011 Carl Werner
2010 Allan DuBois2009 Kristal Snelson Thurmond
Judge Lisa Jarrett (center) takes a quick photo with (left to right) Araceli Marfil, James Shaw, Tom Ard and Araceli Yanez, volunteer staff and at-torneys from Carabin Shaw, P.C.
Pictured left to right: Attorneys Steve Ramon, Charlie Smith and Ele-na Villaseñor Sullivan from Jackson Walker, LLP joined CJP Co-Chair, Judge Lisa Jarrett at the July Family Law Clinic. This was the firm’s 12th consecutive year of volunteering.
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Introducing the 2014-15 officers and board of directors of the SABA Family Law Secion! Pic-tured left to right: Richard Loza, Board Member; Aida Rojas, Treasurer, Arthur “Art” J. Rossi, Jr., Board Member; Lisa Duke, Board Member; Ashley Butler, Board Member; James Rodriguez, Sargent at Arms; Amber Liddell Alwais, Immediate Past President; Crista Marichalar Branch, Secretary; Clinton “Clint” F. Lawson, Board Member; Carmen R. Rojo, President; Hon. Larry Noll, Judicial Advisory Member; Stephanie J. Bandoske, Board Member; Hon. Catherine M. Stryker, Judicial Advisory Member; and Ben A. Wallis, III., Board Member (Not shown: William “Doug” D. Bineham, Vice-President)
TEXASAdVOCACy
PrOJECT ASSiSTEdPrO BOnOPrOgrAm
Thanks to the generous support of the Texas Bar Foundation, Tex-as Advocacy Project (“The Proj-ect”) is pleased to announce the Assisted Pro Bono Program. The Assisted Pro Bono Program will provide legal assistance to pro bono attorneys in Texas who are assisting clients who are living at or below 150 percent of the fed-eral poverty level in family law matters, with a special emphasis on cases involving family vio-lence, sexual assault, teen dating violence, or stalking. Any attorney licensed to practice in Texas who agrees to take a family law case pro bono for a party with an annual income at or below 150 percent of the federal poverty level may call the Assisted Pro Bono Ho-tline at 1.866.598.4277 from 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. monday through Friday to speak with a family law practitioner for assistance in handling the pro bono case. The Project’s lawyers will provide legal advice relating to property issues, custody, visitation, and — most importantly — more complex cases where domestic vio-lence and sexual assault are an is-sue. Pro bono attorneys will receive the support they need to succeed: the Project’s lawyers will provide a full spectrum of assistance, ranging fromansweringbasicquestionsre-lating to family law to drafting the pleadings that the pro bono attorney will need throughout the litigation.
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On September 25 the San Antonio Bar Association is excited to welcome David B. Roosevelt, grandson of Eleanor Roosevelt to our monthly luncheon!
David B. Roo-sevelt is the author of Grandmère: A Per-sonal History of Eleanor Roosevelt. Until her death when he was 20, David B Roos-evelt enjoyed a close relationship with his Grandmere, Eleanor Roosevelt. Although she was admired by millions around the world, few people knew her as her loved ones did. Now David shares personal family stories and photographs that show Eleanor as she really was: passionate, vul-nerable, courageous, and determined to live her private life according to the hu-manitarian ideals she cherished. From her unhappy, sheltered childhood to the powerful partnership forged by her mar-riage to President Franklin Delano Roo-sevelt, to her remarkable achievements as champion of human rights, this blend of fond remembrance and impeccable research offers a rare, intimate glimpse into the life of a fascinating woman whose legacy continues today. David’s book is available on Amazon at bit.ly/davidroosevelt.
The September luncheon will take place at the Plaza Club, located on the 21st floor of the Frost Bank building. The cost to attend is $25 for members of the San Antonio Bar Association and Plaza Club members, and $30 for nonmem-bers. You may register online at www.sabar.org or telephone your reservation to 210.227.8822 x99. As always, space will be limited, so please RSVP early!
SABA welcomes david B. roosevelt to September luncheon, Sept. 25
On July 24, Lorina Rummel (right) was sworn in as Judge of the 144th Judicial District Court. Pictured with Seminarian Jason A. Martini (left), Fourth Court of Appeals Justice Sandee Bryan Marion and Senior District Judge Pat Priest.
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The 17th Annual Ethics Follies heads to Greece for a parody of the hit Broad-way show and movie Mama Mia with the 2014 musical ethics CLE Mia Culpa! opening September 24 at 2 p.m. and Sep-tember 25 at 7 p.m. at The Charline Mc-Combs Empire Theatre. A mix of 65 at-torneys, judges, doctors, accountants and professional actors makes the show fun to watch and the ethics issues memorable since they weaved into great songs from Mamma Mia!, Disney’s Frozen, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, The Book of Mormon and many more.
The entertaining two-hour show raises the visibility of current legal and business ethics issues and establishes a network of like-minded organizations that value ethical behavior as a way to increase consumer trust and profitabil-ity. Ethics Follies is produced each year by the South/Central Texas Chapter of The Association of Corporate Counsel, which has been recognized three times as “Chapter of the Year” by the national ACC organization in Washington, D.C. A substantial portion of the registration proceeds benefits the Community Justice Program (CJP), which provides free legal services to those in need. Ethics Follies provides over half the CJP’s annual oper-ating budget each year.
To become a sponsor of the 2014 Ethics Follies, buy a DVD of last year’s show or buy a ticket online visit EthicsFollies.com.
gOT ETHiCS? 2014 Ethics Follies Mia Culpa!, Sept. 24-25
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Federal Ct. Practice Seminar, Sept. 26
The Federal Court Practice Seminar for Admission to the Western District of Texas satisfies requirements for admission to prac-tice in the Western District of Texas, but also provides previously admitted lawyers with a refresher and valuable CLE credits. The Seminar, offered only twice a year, addresses nine substantive topics pertinent to Federal practice. San Antonio judges or prominent attorneys present all instruction live.Ques-tions during the Seminar are welcome and encouraged. Course materials will be pro-vided on flash drives. To view materials dur-ing presentations, bring a laptop computer.
WHEn: Friday, September 26, 2014WHErE: Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center, 643 E. Cesar Chavez, SATX (just west of John H. Wood U.S. Courthouse). Free parking available in the Federal lot on Cesar Chavez, across from the Federal Building.TimE: Check-in at 9 a.m. Seminar runs from 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. (lunch provided).mCLE: 5.5 hours; 1.0 hour of ethics
Enjoy a membership social with free hors d’oeuvres & beverages at Azuca Nuevo Latino Restaurant immediately following the seminar. Seminar attend-ees, FBA members and potential FBA members are encouraged to attend.
To register, please visit the FBA web-site at www.fedbarsatx.org, pull down the EVENTS menu in the left margin and click on “Federal Court Practice Seminars.” There you will find the mail-in seminar registration forms and specific information about instructors and fees. Mail your regis-tration forms and check, payable to “Fed-eral Bar Association,” to the Federal Bar Association, San Antonio Chapter, PO Box 460878, SATX 78246. Registrations and/or payments postmarked after September 14, 2014 must include an additional $25 late fee. Walk-ins may attend subject to room capac-ity limitations. Late fees will be charged.
For more information contact chapter president-Elect Melanie Fry at 210.554.5392 or [email protected].
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The San Antonio Bar Association is proud to continue its 2014 Brown Bag Lunch Series: “The SABA Sampler: Ev-erything You Wanted to Know About...” which focuses on a different area of law each month. Each month, a new seminar is hosted by, and covers topics relevant to, a different Section of the San Antonio Bar.
The SABA Family Law Section will host the September Brown Bag Semi-nar on Thursday, September 18, entitled “Child Support Silver Bullets,” present-ed by karen L. marvel of Bandoske • Augustine • Marvel, PLLC. The seminar will be held at 12 noon in Judge Pozza’s 407th District Courtroom on the 4th floor of the Bexar County Courthouse (100 Do-lorosa). The course has been accredited for 1.0 hour of participatory CLE credit.
Attendees are encouraged to bring their own lunch. If you don’t want to brown bag it, there are plenty of to-go options in and around the Courthouse.
The Brown Bag Lunch Series, which is usually held on the third Thursday of every month and offers at least 1.0 hour of CLE credit, is FREE to current members of the San Antonio Bar Association. You heard that right — that’s a minimum of 12 hours of FREE participatory CLE cred-it toward fulfilling your annual State Bar requirements! Just for being a member of the San Antonio Bar Association! The cost of attendance to nonmembers is $25.
Stay tuned for more details on these valuable CLE opportunities on our web-site www.sabar.org and in future SABA Happenings email blasts.
SABA Brown Bag Lunch Series presents‘Child Support Silver Bullets,’ Sept. 18 The SABA Family Law Section
presents
CHiLdSUPPOrT
SiLVEr BULLETSThursday, September 18, 2014
407th district courtroom(4thflooroftheBexarCountyCourthouse)
mCLE: 1.0 hr.
FrEE to SABA members$25 to nonmembers
Walk-ins are welcome!
FREE to members of the San Antonio Bar Association!
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.
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?
q The law firm of goode, Casseb, Jones, riklin, Choate & Watson, P.C. is pleased to announce that Aaron Barton has been pro-moted to be a shareholder of the firm. Aar-on is a 2007 graduate of St. Mary’s Univer-sity School of Law, and has been with the firm since graduation. His practice includes litigation, appellate, and transactional work for the firm’s clients. Aaron is also an Adjunct Professor at St. Mary’s University School of Law. The law firm was founded in 1991 by the current Shareholders, Joe Casseb, Fred Jones, Rand Riklin, Wayne Choate and Kyle Watson, along with Judge John E. Clark (formerly a Justice on the 4th Court of Appeals and “of counsel” to the firm for the past 23 years), Sandee Bryan Marion (now Justice on the Fourth Court of Appeals), and the late John W. Goode. Michael Hedges has been of counsel to
the firm since 2000, and Cathy Kelly has been associated with the firm for over 20 years. The firm has its offices in the Historic Monte Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, and serves clients locally and nationwide. For more information, please contact Fred Jones or Aaron Barton at 210.733.6030.
q The law firm of Uhl, Fitzsimons, Jewett & Burton, PLLC, is pleased to announce that Ezra A. Johnson has been named as a partner of the firm. Mr. Johnson, previ-ously an associate of the firm, will con-tinue to assist clients in matters relating to landowner rights and the development, marketing and sale of mineral assets in South Texas (and beyond), including min-eral leases, surface use agreements, deeds, pooling agreements, pipeline agreements, disposal agreements, and sales agree-
Briefly ments. Mr. Johnson will also continue to work with partners Joseph Fitzsimons and Trace Burton to develop the firm’s bur-geoning litigation practice in mineral title disputes and deed/lease interpretation cases. Ezra A. Johnson is a fifth generation Texan who grew up in San Antonio. John-son is a graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law (J.D., 2008) and the Univer-sity of Texas at Austin (B.M., 1999).
q king & Sommer LLP is pleased to an-nounce that kelli m. Borbón has joined the firm. Ms. Borbón is a seasoned litigator with more than 18 years of experience. She has ex-tensive litigation experience in employment, consumer, products liability, general com-mercial, toxic tort and personal injury, as well as arbitrations and administrative proceed-ings. She also focuses on advising clients in litigation avoidance, regulatory compliance and general risk management strategies, pol-icies and procedures. Ms. Borbón is a 1996 graduate of the University of Texas School of Law. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Bor-bón attended the University of the Incarnate Word where she was a scholarship player on
Red MassThe celebration of the Red Mass will be held on Thursday, October 9, 2014 at 6 p.m. at the San Fernando Cathedral. His Excellency, Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S., Archbishop of San Antonio, will officiate. All faiths are welcome. The Red Mass has been a legal and judicial tradition since the reign of King Edward III in the early 14th Century. A peculiarly English tradi-tion, its purpose was to join the ordinary and traditional celebration of the Mass to the traditions and processes of the courts and the law. In the United States, the first Red Mass was celebrated in 1928. San Antonio revived the tradition 62 years ago under the auspices of St. Mary’s University School of Law and the Catholic Lawyers Guild of San Antonio. This Votive Mass of the Holy Spirit calls upon God to grant light and inspiration to the lawyer in pleading, and to the judge in adjudicating during the coming term. All indi-viduals in the legal and judicial professions of all faiths are welcome at the Red Mass to receive God’s blessing and guidance for the coming court term.
Members of judiciary and legal organizations may join in the procession carrying a banner representing their organization into the Cathedral prior to Red Mass. Judges robe at 5 p.m. for the procession beginning at 5:45. Following the mass, meet St. Mary’s new law dean Steve Sheppard, J.S.D. at a reception at the Plaza Club in the Frost Bank Building.
Celebrate Red Mass 62nd Annual
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the women’s basketball team and a presiden-tial scholarship recipient. She was the top-ranking political science graduate, graduat-ing magna cum laude, in 1993. Ms. Borbón is a graduate of the Leadership San Antonio Class XXXV (2010), co-sponsored by the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and the San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Bar Foundation, the San Antonio Bar Association, the Litigation Section of the San Antonio Bar Association and the Texas Association of Defense Counsel. She has also been active with the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce Healthcare & Bio-science Committee and San Antonio Mo-bility Coalition. Ms. Borbón is admitted to practice in the Federal District Courts in the Western, Southern, Northern and East-ern Districts of Texas and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. Prior to joining King & Sommer, Ms. Borbón was associated with Bracewell & Giuliani LLP.
q Cox Smith, the largest law firm in San An-tonio, is pleased to announce that attorney Harry Wolff, iii has joined the firm’s Estate Planning and Tax department. Wolff has a deep understanding of estate planning and
The San Antonio young Lawyer’s Associationand the Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation
will host a
Local Swearing-in Ceremony for newly Licensed Attorneys
A reception will follow the ceremony.
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tax issues, including the implementationIn addition to his law firm work experience, Wolff previously served as a law clerk at an international oilfield services company, where he conducted research and drafted ma-terials for matters related to U.S. anti-boycott, export controls and economic sanctions laws. He also served as a press assistant in the Of-fice of the Press Secretary at the White House. A native of San Antonio, Wolff is a graduate of Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M. in Taxation), University of Houston Law Cen-ter (J.D.) and The University of Texas at Aus-
tin (B.S. in Public Relations). He is a member of the State Bar of Texas (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section; Section of Taxation), American Bar Association (Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law; Section of Taxation) and Board of Governors of the San Antonio Estate Planners Council. Licensed to practice before the United States Tax Court, he was recognized by SA Scene magazine as a Rising Star (2013) and Best Lawyers in San Antonio (2011). He also served on the plan-ning committee for the State Bar of Texas Ad-vanced Estate Planning Course 2014.
Thursday, november 13 @ 4 p.m.Central Jury room
Cadena-reeves Justice Center
Tributes
Harry B. Adams, iii- from Barbara and James Higdon
Harry B. Adams, iii- from Judge Polly Jackson
and george Spencer
Harry B. Adams, iii- from gordon V. Armstrong
Harry B. Adams, iii- from Judge michael Peden
Samuel F. Bieryfather of Hon. Fred Biery
- from Barbara and James Higdon
ricky Fox- from gordon V. Armstrong
ricky Fox- from Joe Casseb
ricky Fox- from Judge Polly Jackson
and george Spencer
ricky Fox- from Judge michael Peden
Visit bit.ly/SABFtributes to submit aTribute online (credit card required)
In memory ofLookingforauniquewaytohonor a loved one? Consider aSan Antonio Bar Foundation Tribute
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TributesIn honor of
Stanley Schoenbaum’sretirement after 65 years of practice
- from Schoenbaum, Curphy & Scanlan PC
Despite its ever-increasing size, San Antonio’s bar keeps a small-town collegi-ality. While the days of catching up at the Esquire Bar and similar watering holes are becoming rarer by the day, the Subpoena does an excellent job of keeping people in the loop. The Tributes section of the Sub-poena serves a unique purpose in this re-gard. It gives everyone a space to not only remember those who have passed on, but also to announce a new addition to the family or firm, recognize the person who always goes the extra mile, or give a shout out to a colleague who just reached a pro-fessional or personal milestone. And con-sidering the Subpoena reaches 3,200 people every month, the San Antonio Bar Founda-tion Tributes program, which recognizes the charitable gifts in honor of or in mem-
ory of others, is a bargain by any measure.Donations to the Foundation may be
given for all types of occasions such as birth-days, anniversaries, special achievements, graduations and memorials. The donations you give as tributes to the important people in your life will help support the charitable works of the San Antonio Bar Foundation.
Your donation will be highlighted in the Tributes section of the Subpoena, the monthly newsletter of the San Antonio Bar Association, and listed in the Foun-dation’s annual report. Notification of your tax-deductible contribution will be sent to the person you indicate.
Please visit www.sabar.org to submit a Tribute online (credit card required). For more information, contact Katie Kinder at [email protected].
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Tributes
nomination call for 2014 Paralegal of the year
bit.ly/2014POyballot
The Paralegal of the Year program has been adopted to honor an outstanding paralegal from San Antonio. This is not a popularity contest, but rather an award to a paralegal based on fair and impartial judging by a three-person panel.
Below are the requirements for nom-ination and a nomination ballot. Each nominee’s employer will be notified and will be asked to prepare a letter of recommendation reflecting his/her qualifications, experience, profession-alism and the importance of his/her position in the firm.
The winner will be announced at the Paralegal Day luncheon on October 22, 2014. Please give serious consideration to those paralegals that have served well and worked hard this past year.
Nominationrequirements:1.Paralegal must be a voting mem-ber of AAPA, STOP or PD.2.Paralegal must have at least five (5) years of legal experience.
Notificationprocess:Each nominee will be notified upon receipt of ballot. Each person is then required to furnish the contact per-son the name of his/her supervising attorney who will be contacted to provide a letter of recommendation.
Ballots are available to download online at bit.ly/2014POyballot. Com-pleted ballots should be forwarded to:
Juvenile Law Basics and Ethical Considerations for the new or infrequent Juvenile Practitioner • Police Interactions with Juveniles • Adjudication Hearings • School Law-Ethical Considerations • Immigration Law and Ethical Considerations when Repre-senting Non-Citizen Minors • Sealing of Records-Ethical Duty to Clients • Preparing Your Case-Meeting and Dealing with Probation • Disposition Hearings • TJJD Programs
this course has been approved for 6.0 participatory hours (including 2.0 hours of ethics) for continuing education credit from the State Bar of texas. tJJd approval for 6.0 hours of CEu credits is pending. Credit for attendance at the Juvenile Law Seminar may be utilized toward misdemeanor/felony appointments. (6.0 hours criminal). Credit for attendance may be utilized toward continuing legal education requirements for the certification and recertification of attorneys in Juvenile Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.
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The 2014 Medico~Legal Conference is coming back to San Antonio on Sep-tember 18, 2014. Conveniently located at the San Antonio Airport Hilton, the conference is a unique fusion of two dis-parate disciplines coming together for a common cause: helping our area’s aging populace safely navigate their final years with the dignity, grace, and wellness they’ve certainly earned.
Many important and timely topics will be explored at this year’s conference. The morning opens with a panel (moderat-ed by Judge Polly Jackson Spencer) explor-ing current Testing for Capacity practices. Visiting Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff will kindly share a few important words before Martha Leatherman, MD takes the stage to discuss Assessing the Capacity of Patients with Alzheimer’s. Barbara Scharf-Zeldes, JD will conclude the day’s morning sessions with her fine Ethical Consider-ations from our Contacts with Consumers. After the included lunch, Medicaid Rules Do’s and Don’ts will be presented by the popular Patty Sitchler, JD before Kelly M. Cross, JD expertly opines on Guardian-ship Update: What Legal and Medical Pro-fessionals Need to Know. Concluding the afternoon activities will see Frost Bank’s VP for Fraud Management, Sandy Sulli-van, enlighten us on the timely Fraud Trig-gers topic. Master & Mistress of Ceremo-nies for the day will be the spunky pair of Byron Cordes (SAGE Care Management) and Helen Flores (Caring Companions).
Most importantly, these talks can translate into continuing education credits for Social Workers, Licensed Professional Counselors, Physicians, Psychologists, Ac-tivity Directors, Guardians, etc. For our unique needs, lawyers can get MCLEs. The course has been approved for 7.0 hours of participatory credit and 2.0 hours of ethics. At the very least, attendees can exit with a Certificate of Attendance to use as needed. Open to — and important for — anyone in the legal profession!
Registration is quick and easy. Sim-ply download the registration form(s) at www.stgec.net or call Barbara Giles at 210.562.6560/6561 (email GilesB@uth-
scsa.edu) who’ll gladly answer all your M~L14 questions and send you registra-tion materials.
The early bird cost is just $75 per day ($100 and $125 after September 12), which covers your CE credits, parking, lunch and all snacks. This year’s event is back-to-back with the 2014 Aging Sum-mit (held Friday the 19th at the SAT Hil-
ton). Details for both events are posted to www.stgec.net. So please make plans to join us at the SAT Hilton on Thurs-day, September 18, 2014 to experience a different and special kind of continuing education that will allow you to interact with medical professionals who per-form a related job — but from another side of the fence.
San Antonio’s 2014 medico~Legal Conference, Sept. 18
2014Medico~Legal
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San Antonio Airport HiltonSeptember 18, 2014
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SABA President Tom Keyser, SACDLA President Robert Featherston, SABA Exec Director Jimmy Allison and course directors Mark Stevens and John Convery attend the check presentation for the SABA/SACDLA partnership to produce the wildly successful SABA/SACDLA 51st Annual A.A. Semaan Criminal law Seminar. Save the date! Next year’s seminar will be April 17-18, 2015.
On June 26, members of the San Anto-nio Bar Auxiliary gathered for the Texas Lawyers Auxiliary meeting in Austin where they watched as Rita Thompson (Mrs. Robert), past president of the San An-tonio Bar Auxiliary, was inducted as presi-dent of the Texas Lawyers Auxiliary — a proud moment for local auxiliary mem-bers! Members attending the meeting in-cluded: President-Elect Jaquie (Mrs. John) Rothermel; Vice President of Membership Martha Ann (Mrs. John) Franco; Vice Pres-idents of Convention Carolyn (Mrs. John) Clark and Melissa (Mrs. Richard) Richard; Carolyn Clark and Vice President of Proj-ects and Advisory Committee June (Mrs. Donnie) McManus.
The week of August 6 through 10, Rothermel and Franco traveled to Boston to attend the American Lawyers Alliance Board meeting, where both were sworn in as members of the Board.
It has been a busy summer and more
busy group! Contact President Cindy (Mrs. Brent) Farney at 210.862.2515 for informa-tion on how to become involved. You are needed and wanted, so pick up your phone and call right now. Don’t be left out of the fun!
rita Thompson sworn in as TX Lawyers Auxiliary President
San Antonio Bar Auxiliary President Cindy Farney, Texas Lawyers Auxiliary President Rita Thompson and TLA Director-at-Large (and soon-to-be first lady of the State Bar of Texas) Pam DuBois.
is yet to come when the local auxiliary begins its new year. The first meeting will take place on September 23 at Los Patios where Yolanda Valenzuela of CASA will speak on her work with the young people helped by CASA. Members will also have the opportunity to select an “angel” from the Angel Tree. Each year, the Auxiliary purchases gift cards appropriate to the age and gender of the angels and presents them to the young people at the annual Holiday Open House in the home of Mary-Jean and Matt Stolhandske.
The Auxiliary is a active group in-volved in various areas of the communi-ty. We invite you to become a part of our
A memorial Service for
Samuel F. Bierywill be held on October 3, 2014at 2 p.m. at Porter Loring(1101 mcCullough, SATX 78212).
The family will receivevisitation beginning at 1 p.m.
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We had a great turnout of past presidents at the San Antonio Bar Association annual luncheon at the Plaza Club July 24!Standing, left to right: Gary Hutton (11-12), Charlie Smith (76-77), Dan Naranjo (84-85), Victor Negrón (08-09), Robert Price (85-86), Art Bayern (80-81), Allan DuBois (07-08), Lamont Jefferson (06-07), James Martin (81-82), Andy Kerr (12-13), Pat Pape (77-78), Judge Larry Noll (92-93), Robin Teague (09-10)Seated left to right: Joe Casseb (96-97), Phylis Speedlin (10-11), Jack Hebdon (69-70), Chief Judge Fred Biery (87-88), Michael Black (00-01), and Roy Barerra (73-74)
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September BCWB Luncheon
Autumn AffairBeneficiary:
The rape Crisis Center
Please join the Bexar County Women’s Bar at noon on Tues-day, September 2 at Club giraud as they welcome mary Cheuv-ront and miriam m. Elizondo, mS, LPC-S, co-executive direc-tors of this year’s Autumn Af-fairBeneficiary,theRapeCrisisCenter. ms. Cheuvront and ms. Elizondo will inform attendees about the services The rape Cri-sis Center provides, what can be accomplished with the support received from the Autumn Af-fair, and how to get involved. Cost is $25 for members, $30 for non-members, $20 for students, payable at the door.
Club giraud has asked that we provide a headcount 48 hours in advance of the luncheon so please rSVP to [email protected]. Please in-clude any dietary restrictions in your rSVP. We understand that schedules change, but we can-not guarantee a spot to individu-als who do not rSVP by the date above. Walk-ins will be charged $35 to cover the additional de-mands on Club giraud’s staff and no-shows will be billed.
Please make checks payable to the Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation (BCWBF). For more information, contact Lindsay riley ([email protected]) or Lauren Horne ([email protected]).Thisisalun-cheon you don’t want to miss!
Courthouse Attorney Identification Badges allow attorneys to bypass the metal detectors at the Bexar County Courthouse. Attorneys interested in an ID may obtain a Bexar County Courthouse Attorney Identi-fication Badge Application online at bit.ly/SABAbadge. The application fee for an At-torney Identification Badge is $40 for attor-neys who are members of the San Antonio Bar Association or the San Antonio Criminal Defense Lawyers Association (SACDLA).
Applicants should bring the completed, notarized application to the SABA offices for payment and to have a photo taken. The applicant then submits the SABA-verified copy of the application to the Bexar County Sheriff’s Department (200 N. Comal St.), for fingerprinting and a background check.
Detailed instructions can be found on the SABA website at www.sabar.org. If you have questions that cannot be answered by the website, please contact SABA at 210.227.8822.
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September CalendarBexar County Courthouse Closed in oBservanCe of laBor day.
Bexar County Women’s Bar assoCiation monthly lunCheon. Club Giraud. 12 noon-1 p.m. Speaker/topic: Mary Cheuvront and Miriam M. Elizondo, MS, LPC-S. “The Rape Crisis Center.” MCLE: 0.75 hr. Cost: $25 members; $30 nonmembers; $20 for law students. RSVP: [email protected].
san antonio laWyers support Group. Alamo Heights United Methodist Church, Rm. W105 (825 E. Basse Rd.) 6:30-8 p.m. Speaker/topic: Erin Alexander, LPC. “Dealing With Difficult People & Complaints.” INFO: [email protected]; 800.343.8527.
south texas orGanization of paraleGals, inC. (stop) monthly Cle lunCheon. The Embassy Suites (7750 Briaridge). 12 noon. Speaker/topic: Justice Steven C. Hilbig. “Texas Courts Structure and the Importance of Judicial Elections.” Cost: $21/$24. MCLE 1.0 hr. RSVP: [email protected].
memorial serviCe for GeorGe Gutierrez and david Clarkson. Fourth Court of Appeals Courtroom, Cadena-Reeves Justice Center. 3 p.m. INFO: 210.335.3854.
saBa Consumer & CommeriCal laW seCtion meetinG. The Plaza Club. 12 noon. RSVP: 210.736.1772.
maBa-sa memBership meetinG. The Palm (233 E. Houston). Networking at 11:45 a.m.; Program at 12 noon. Speaker/topic: T.B.A. INFO: [email protected]; 210.737.2672.
Community JustiCe proGram trla family laW CliniC. Texas RioGrade Legal Aid (1111 N. Main) 5:30 p.m. INFO: [email protected]; 210.227.8822 x26.
Bexar County Court reporters assoCiation monthly meetinG. Piatti Italian Restaurant. 5:30 p.m. Mixer; 6 p.m. Meeting. INFO: 210.392.7576.
saBa ConstruCtion laW seCtion. Paesano’s Restaurant (555 E. Basse Rd.) 11:45 a.m. Speaker/ topic: T.B.A. RSVP: [email protected].
san antonio BlaCk laWyers assoCiation monthly meetinG. 6th Floor Boardroom, Bexar County Courthouse. 12 noon. MCLE: 1.0 hr. Cost: Free to members; $10 to nonmembers. INFO: [email protected].
assoCiation of Corporate Counsel - south/Central texas Chapter lunCh & learn. Oak Hills Country Club (5403 Fredericksburg Rd.) 12 noon. Speaker/topic: T.B.A. Cost: $10 members; $20 nonmembers. RSVP: [email protected]; 830.336.2049.
deadline for suBmissions to the oCtoBer Subpoena. INFO: [email protected]; 210.227.8822 x20.
saBa appellate praCtiCe seCtion meetinG. Club Giraud (707 N. St. Mary’s St.) 12 noon. Speaker/topic: Justice Marialyn Barnard of the Fourth Court of Appeals and Lorien Whyte of Brin & Brin. “Is My Case Mandamusable: A guide to the Current State of Texas Man-damus Law.” Cost: $20 members/$22 nonmembers. MCLE: 0.75 hrs. RSVP: [email protected].
saBa international laW seCtion lunCheon. Padgett, Stratemann (100 NE Loop 410, Ste. 1100). 12 noon. Speaker/topic: Prof. Robert Summers. “CyberLaw, Cyber Security and Cyber Warfare.” Cost: $15. RSVP: [email protected].
CollaBorative professionals assoCiation of san antonio meetinG. The Petroleum Club (8620 N. New Braunfels, Ste. 700). 12 noon. Speakers/topic: T.B.A. New members are welcome. RSVP: [email protected].
saBa family laW seCtion and the maBa Candidates forum. The Palm. 12 noon. RSVP: 210.447.9073; [email protected].
san antonio estate planners assoCiation kiCk-off mixer. Mcnay Art Museum. 5:30-8 p.m. INFO: www.sanantonioepc.org.
September Calendar
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last-ChanCe videos: adv. tax laW 2013 (part 1). 5th floor, Bexar County Courthouse. 8:30 a.m. Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Tax Law and Estate Planning and Probate Law. Walk-ins welcome. MCLE: 7.0 hrs.; 0.5 hr. ethics. Cost: $75 members/$125 nonmembers per day. RSVP: [email protected]. Walk-ins are welcome!
saBa BroWn BaG lunCh series: presented By the saBa family seCtion. 407th District Courtroom (4th floor, Bexar County Courthouse). 12 noon. Speaker/topic: Karen L. Marvel of Bandoske • Augustine • Marvel, PLLC. “Child Support Silver Bullets.” MCLE: 1.0 hr. Cost: FREE to SABA members/ $25 to nonmembers. First come, first served seating. RSVP: [email protected]. Walk-ins are welcome!
assoCiation of leGal administrators - alamo Chapter monthly meetinG. The Plaza Club (Frost Bank Tower). 11:30 a.m. Open to members and invited guests. INFO: [email protected].
2014 mediCo~leGal ConferenCe. San Antonio Airport Hilton. MCLE: 7.0 hrs.; 2.0 ethics. Register: www.stgec.net. INFO: [email protected]; 210.562.6560/6561.
Girls inCorporated of san antonio 6th annual Girls inC. “raise your Glass for Girls” Wine tastinG & silent auCtion, honorinG JustiCe sandee Bryan marion. Cavender Audi (15447 IH-10 West). 6 p.m. INFO: bit.ly/1lUyhte; [email protected]; 210.212.2592.
last-ChanCe videos: adv. tax laW 2013 (part 2). 5th floor, Bexar County Courthouse. 8:30 a.m. Applies to the College of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas Board of Legal Specialization in Tax Law and Estate Planning and Probate Law. Walk-ins welcome. MCLE: 6.5 hrs.; 2.25 ethics. Cost: $75 members/$125 nonmembers per day. RSVP: [email protected]. Walk-ins are welcome!
saBa environmental laW seCtion meetinG. SAWS Cafeteria. 7:30-9 a.m. MCLE: requested. RSVP: 210.299.3704.
Community JustiCe proGram veterans CliniC. audie l. murphy memorial VA Hospital (7400 Merton Minter). 2 p.m. INFO: [email protected]; 210.227.8822 x26.
saBf BaseBalls and BoW ties installation Gala and Casino niGht, BenefitinG the Community JustiCe proGram. Grand Hyatt. 7 p.m. INFO: [email protected]; 210.227.8822 x25.
national employment laWyers assoCiation monthly meetinG. 924 Camaron St. 12 noon. Speaker/topic: T.B.A. Cost: $15. RSVP: 210.227.3666.
san antonio BankruptCy Bar assoCiation monthly meetinG. San Antonio Country Club. 5:30 p.m. Speaker: T.B.A. RSVP: 210.342.3121.
saBa Jp & muniCipal Courts Committee meetinG. First National Bank Building, 6243 W IH-10, Ste. 525. 12 noon-1 p.m. Speaker/topic: T.B.A. All members of SABA are invited to participate. RSVP: [email protected]; 210. 732.8477.
san antonio lsa (formerly knoWn as san antonio leGal seCretaries assoCiation) Cle lunCheon. Aldaco’s (Sunset Station). 12 noon. RSVP: [email protected]; 210.829.1938.
san antonio Bar assoCiation monthly lunCheon. The Plaza Club (Frost Bank Building). 12 noon. Speaker/topic: David B. Roosevelt, grandson of Eleanor Roosevelt. Cost: $25 SABA & Plaza Club members; $30 nonmembers. MCLE: 0.75 hrs. RSVP: 210.227.8822 x99.
ethiCs follies “mia Culpa!” and lee CusenBary ethiCal life aWards. Charlene McCombs Empire Theatre. 7-9:30 p.m. MCLE: 2.0 hrs. Cost: $90. Catered/open bar reception following performance. INFO: www.ethicsfollies.com.
federal Court praCtiCe seminar. Adrian A. Spears Judicial Training Center (643 E. Cesar Chavez). 9:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. (check-in at 9 a.m.) MCLE: 5.5 hrs.; 1.0 ethics. INFO: [email protected]; 210.554.5392.
saBa elder laW seCtion lunCheon. Plaza Club (Frost Bank Tower). 12 noon. Speaker: T.B.A. RSVP: 210.525.1500; [email protected].
san antonio trial laWyers assoCiation Cle lunCheon. Wyndham San Antonio Riverwalk Hotel (111 E. Pecan). CLE 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; mixer 4-6 p.m. Cost: $150. Registration fee includes breakfast, lunch, and happy hour. INFO: www.satla.com.
