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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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TYLA Welcomes New Directors and President-elect; State Bar Election Moves to Run-off
By: Leif Olson, The Olson Firm, PLLC

Rebekah Steely Brooker of Dallas was elected by TYLA’s members last month to serve as President-elect of the Texas Young Lawyers Association for the 2013–14 bar year and President in 2014–15. Brooker is an associate at Passman & Jones in Dallas where she practices probate and estate law. She and her husband, Chip, an associate with Haynes & Boone, have three children. She currently serves as TYLA Secretary. She and her fellow President-elect nominee, Alfonso Cabañas of San Antonio, campaigned throughout Texas. Coincidentally, both Brooker and Cabañas welcomed newborn children in February before beginning their campaigns in March.

The Big Bar’s election, however, isn’t over: Trey Appfel (League City) and Steve Fischer (Rockport), both solo practitioners, will face each other in a run-off election to be held May 9–23. The winner of that election will serve as President-elect in 2013–14 and as President in 2014–15. Neither Appfel, Fischer, nor Larry Hicks (El Paso) won a majority of votes during the general State Bar election. Many young lawyers may not know how unusual this year’s State Bar election was; a President-elect candidate was certified for the ballot following a petition for only the second time. All Texas lawyers, whether they cast a ballot in the initial round of voting or not, are eligible to vote in the run-off. Those interested in more information on the candidates can visit their websites, view the candidates’ remarks as given at the State Bar’s candidate forum, or visit the State Bar’s election website. As in the original election, Texas lawyers can cast their run-off ballots online.

Kristy Blanchard (Plano) will serve as TYLA President for 2013–14. Along with Blanchard and Brooker, TYLA’s 2013–14 officers will be Vice President Victor Villarreal (Laredo), Treasurer Barrett Thomas (Sweetwater), Secretary Priscilla Camacho (San Antonio), Board of Directors Chair Cameron Cox (Denton), Chair-elect Dustin Howell (Austin), and Immediate Past President C.E. Rhodes (Houston). In addition to their offices, Camacho and Thomas serve as elected directors to TYLA’s board.

TYLA members also elected members of the board of directors from their individual districts. Joining the Board next year are Amanda Abraham (Marshall), Alex Bell (Waco), Aaron Burke (Dallas), Laura Docker (Fort Worth), Andrew Dornburg (Angleton), Morgan Gaskin (Houston), Amber James (Midland), Laura Pratt (Lubbock), Alex Roberts (Houston), Eduardo Romero (Laredo), Brook Stuntebeck (Lewisville), Jacquelyn Wilson (Austin). Lance Currie (Dallas), Brandy Wingate (McAllen), and Baylor Wortham (Beaumont) were also re-elected to the board.

Blanchard will be sworn in as TYLA President, and the terms of TYLA’s new officers and directors will begin, at TYLA’s Annual Meeting at 5:30 p.m. on June 21. The Annual Meeting is held in conjunction with the State Bar’s Annual Meeting at the Hotel Anatole in Dallas.