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		Rebekah Steely Brooker, President
		Dustin M. Howell, Chair
		Sam Houston, Vice President
		Baili B. Rhodes, Secretary
		John W. Shaw, Treasurer
		C. Barrett Thomas, President-elect
		Priscilla D. Camacho, Chair-elect
		Kristy Blanchard, Immediate Past President

		Amanda A. Abraham, District 1
		Sharesa Y. Alexander, Minority At-Large Director
		Raymond J. Baeza, District 14
		Aaron J. Burke, District 5, Place 1
		Aaron T. Capps, District 5, Place 2
		D. Lance Currie, District 5, Place 3
		Laura W. Docker, District 10, Place 1
		Andrew Dornburg, District 21
		John W. Ellis, District 8, Place 2
		Zeke Fortenberry, District 4
		Bill Gardner, District 5, Place 4
		Morgan L. Gaskin, District 6, Place 5
		Nick Guinn, District 18, Place 1
		Adam C. Harden, District 6, Place 6
		Amber L. James, District 17
		Curtis W. Lucas, District 9
		Rudolph K. Metayer, District 8, Palce 1
		Laura Pratt, District 3
		Sally Pretorius, District 8, Place 2
		Baili B. Rhodes, District 2
		Alex B. Roberts, District 6, Place 3
		Eduardo Romero, District 19
		Michelle P. Scheffler, District 6, Place 2
		John W. Shaw, District 10, Place 2
		Nicole Soussan, District 6, Place 4
		L. Brook Stuntebeck, District 11
		C. Barrett Thomas, District 15
		Judge Amanda N. Torres, Minority At-Large Director
		Shannon Steel White, District 12
		Brandy Wingate Voss, District 13
		Veronica S. Wolfe, District 18, Place 2
		Baylor Wortham, District 7
		Alex Yarbrough, District 16

		Justice Paul W. Green, Supreme Court Liaison
		Jenny Smith, Access To Justice Liaison
		Brandon Crisp, ABA YLD District 25 Representative
		Travis Patterson, ABA/YLD District 26 Representative
		Assistant Dean Jill Nikirk, Law School Liaison
		Belashia Wallace, Law Student Liaison

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Tracy Brown, Director of Administration
Bree Trevino, Project Coordinator
Michelle Palacios, Office Manager
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Austin, Texas 78711-2487
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TYLA Supports Local Veterans
By: Kristy Sims Piazza

To commemorate Veterans Day, the Texas Young Lawyers Association, along with local Waco area young lawyers, participated in the annual Waco Veterans Day Parade on November 11, 2011. The lawyers in attendance included TYLA board members Kimberly Smith, Kristy Sims Piazza, Cameron Cox, Angela Cruseturner and Natalie Koehler, as well as local attorneys Scott Omo, Rebecca Griffin, Spring Thummel, Lewis Giles, Andy Powell, Shannon Brandt, and Baylor Law student Josaphat Plater-Zybert. The lawyers walked in the parade and distributed Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans resource material to all veterans and family members in attendance.

TYLA Hosts Legal Clinic for Senior Citizens and Veterans.

The TYLA Low Income Texans committee hosted a free legal clinic for senior citizens and veterans at the Golden Hub in Fredericksburg, Texas, on November 17, 2011. The TYLA committee members in attendance included Erin O’Driscoll, Kimberly Smith, Dustin Howell, Lance Currie, Sam Houston, Rebekah Brooker, Kristy Sims Piazza and TYLA President Natalie Koehler. There were also several local attorneys who volunteered their time at the event including Carroll Bryla, Chris C. Schoessow, Gayle D. Schoessow, Jennifer D. Bryla and Sharesa Y. Alexander. The attorneys provided free legal resources to attendees on probate, veterans issues, and seniors and the law. The attorneys also provided free powers of attorney and medical directives for all attendees in need. The clinic had a great turn out and was a huge success. If you or your local affiliate is interested in partnering with TYLA on any clinics in your area, please contact Kristy Sims Piazza for information.