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Legal Eagles Mix & Mingle with Harris County Judiciary
By:  Arthur L. Bryan, II

The Houston Young Lawyers Association (HYLA) hosted its annual Evening with the Judiciary in the Treetop of The Grove overlooking Discovery Green in Downtown Houston. This year’s chair, Veronica Montemayor, welcomed over 350 young attorneys and supporters of the Houston legal community, in addition to members of the Harris County judiciary, for an evening of networking underneath the Houston downtown skyline. The event included hors d’oeuvres and drinks with musical selection by Divisi Strings, a string quartet.

Evening with the Judiciary is an opportunity for young attorneys to engage with members of the Harris County judiciary in an out-of-court setting and a celebration of those members of the judiciary. Engagement with the judiciary is an important component of development for young attorneys, particularly those who are litigators. Justice Brett Busby of the Fourteenth Court of Appeals serves as HYLA’s judicial liaison, and regularly provides opportunities for engagement through HYLA’s Judicial Committee.

Sponsors of this event included: AZA, Andrews Kurth Keyon LLP, Arnold & Itkin, LLP, Haynes and Boone, LLP, Susman Godfrey LLL, Vinson & Elkins LLP, Jackson Walker L.L.P., Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP, Porter Hedges, LLP, Andrews Myers, P.C., Baker Botts L.L.P., Beck Redden LLP, BoyarMiller, Centerpoint Energy Service Company LLC, Gray Reed & McGraw, P.C., Jones Day, Locke Lord LLP, McCathern, PLLC, Stratos Legal, YetterColeman LLP, Bracewell LLP, Encore Capital Group (Midland Credit Management, Inc.) EZ Messenger, Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP, Guerra & Farah, PLLC, Hughes Watters Askanase, LLP, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Professional Civil Process of Texas, Inc., Wilson & Franco, LLC and Winstead PC. Through the firms and companies who generously underwrote this event, HYLA will continue in its efforts of developing young attorneys and engagement with the judiciary in the Houston metropolitan area and the next wave of legal leaders.

Whitney Larkin, HYLA President, Arthur L. Bryan, II, and Chair of Evening with the Judiciary, Veronica Montemayor

Arthur L. Bryan, II serves as TYLA director, District 6, Place 5 and is an energy and construction transactional attorney for Bechtel Group Inc.’s Oil, Gas and Chemicals, Inc. Global Business Unit, currently supporting the Pennsylvania Chemicals Project.