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WITNESS LIST
Jurisprudence
May 16, 2007 - 01:30 PM or upon adjournment
HB  567
 
ON:
 
Harris, Geraldine R.  State Registrar  (Dept. of State Health Services Vital Statistics Unit),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Cox, Heidi  Attorney  (Self),  Ft. Worth, TX
HB  772
 
FOR:
 
Simpson, David W.  Executive Director  (Texas Assn. of Domestic Relations Offices, Harris County Domestic Relations Offices),  Houston, TX
 
ON:
 
Cox, Heidi  Attorney  (Self),  Ft. Worth, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Burke, Cecelia  Director, Travis County Domestic Relations Office  (Texas Association of Domestic Relations Offices),  Austin, TX
 
Gutierrez, Michael    (Self; Texas State University),  San Marcos, TX
 
Townes, M.A., Trevor  Director, Harris County Family Court Services  (Harris County DRO, Tex. Assoc. Domestic Relations Office),  Houston, TX
 
Woodburn, Doug  Family Lawyer  (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Amarillo, TX
HB  782
 
FOR:
 
Bresnen, Steve  Attorney  (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Austin, TX
 
Gutierrez, Michael    (Self; Texas State Universtiy),  San Marcos, TX
 
Marr, Jack  President Texas Family Law Foundation  (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Victoria, TX
 
Valdez, Courtney    (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Valdez, Reynaldo    (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Tindall, Harry  Lawyer  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
ON:
 
McClure, Madeline  Executive Director  (Tex Protects, the Texas Association for the Protection of Children),  Dallas, TX
 
Sampson, John J.  Professor of Law  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Harris, Geraldine R.  State Registrar  (Dept. of State Health Services Vital Statistics Unit),  Austin, TX
HB  1352
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Karisch, Glenn  Attorney, Board Certified Estate Planning and Probate Law  (Texas Academy of Probate Lawyers),  Austin, TX
HB  1473
 
FOR:
 
Bresnen, Steve  Lawyer  (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Bolton, Pamela J.  Director of Policy and Research  (Texas Watch),  Austin, TX
 
Higgins, Mike  Legislative Director  (Texas State Association of Fire Fighters),  Austin, TX
 
Villarreal, Johnny  Legislative Director  (Houston Fire Fighters Local 341),  Houston, TX
HB  1481
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Gutierrez, Michael    (Self; Texas State University),  San Marcos, TX
 
On:
 
Kromrei, Liz  Director of Staff Services, Child Protective Services  (Department of Family & Protective Services),  Austin, TX
HB  1864
 
FOR:
 
Marr, Jack W.  President of Texas Family Law Foundation  (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Victoria, TX
HB  1930
 
FOR:
 
Locker, Ryan  Assistant County Attorney  (Brown County Attorney's Office & Brown County),  Brownwood, TX
HB  1995
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Gutierrez, Michael    (Self; Texas State University),  San Marcos, TX
 
Woodburn, Doug  Family Lawyer  (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Amarillo, TX
HB  2138
 
FOR:
 
Migicovsky, Phil  President, Tex Esse, LP spokesperson TPTLA  (TPTLA- Texas Property Tax Lenders Association),  Dallas, TX
 
Schwartz, A.R. "Babe"  Attorney  (Genisis Tax Solutions Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Doggett, Robert  Attorney  (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service),  Austin, TX
 
Matz, Laura    (All Capital Holdings Corp.),  Austin, TX
 
May, Celeste  Assistant General Counsel  (Texas Bankers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Rodgers, Kelly  Attorney  (Countrywide Home Loans),  Austin, TX
 
Temple, Larry    (Texas Mortgage Bankers Assn.),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Doggett, Mary Belan  General Counsel  (Texas Property Tax Lenders Ass'n.),  San Antonio, TX
 
Fleming, John  General Counsel  (Dept. Savings & Mortgage Lending),  Austin, TX
 
Hutchings, Sealy  General Counsel  (Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner),  Austin, TX
 
Payne, Danny  Commissioner  (Dept. of Saving & Mortgage Lending),  Austin, TX
 
Pettijohn, Leslie L.  Consumer Credit Commissioner  (Ofc. of Consumer Credit Commissioner),  Austin, TX
HB  2479
 
FOR:
 
Golden, Alvin J.  Attorney, Board Certified Estate Planning and Probate Law  (Texas Academy of Probate Lawyers),  Austin, TX
 
Karisch, Glenn  Attorney, Board Certified Estate Planning and Probate Law  (Texas Academy of Probate Lawyers),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Pargaman, William  Attorney  (Texas Academy of Probate Lawyers),  Austin, TX
HB  2617
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Wright, Lois C.  Program Attorney  (Tx. Municipal Courts Educ. Ctr.),  Austin, TX
HB  2691
 
FOR:
 
Bower, Bruce  Attorney  (Alternatives to Guardianship, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Gutierrez, Michael    (Self; Texas State University),  San Marcos, TX
 
Higgins, Carlos  Chair, Legislative Action Committee  (Texas Silver-Haired Legislature),  Austin, TX
HB  2738
 
FOR:
 
Bastian, Tommy  Attorney  (Barrett Burke Wilson),  Addison, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Doggett, Robert  Attorney  (Borrowers in foreclosure actions),  Austin, TX
HB  3060
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Wood, Ted  Assistant General Counsel  (State Office of Court Administration),  Austin, TX
HB  3135
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Nabors, Lynn    (Alliance for Judicial Funding, Inc.),  Austin, TX
HB  3293
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Elfant, Bruce  Travis County Constable  (Justices of the Peace and Constables Assn. of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Gaster, Talia  Government Affairs  (Travis County Commissioners Court),  Austin, TX
 
Pichinson, Michael  General Counsel  (Texas Conference of Urban Counties),  Austin, TX
 
Sisk, Cathy  Director, Legislative Relations  (Harris County),  Houston, TX
HB  3593
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Gutierrez, Michael    (Self; Texas State University),  San Marcos, TX
HB  3997
 
FOR:
 
Cox, Heidi  Attorney  (Self),  Ft. Worth, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Tindall, Harry  Lawyer  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
Woodburn, Doug  Family Lawyer  (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Amarillo, TX
HB  4008
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Kastrin, Deborah C.  Lobbyist  (County of El Paso- Commissioners Court),  Austin, TX
 
Shapleigh, Ballard  Trial Chief  (Office of the District Attorney, 34th Judicial District),  El Paso, TX
HB  4107
 
FOR:
 
Klager, James E.  Judge County Court of Law #4 Nueces County  (Self; My constituents),  Corpus Christi, TX
 
Little, Tyner  Governmental Affair  (Nueces County Commissioners Court),  Corpus Christi, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Valdez, Carlos  District Attorney 105th Judicial District  (Office of District Attorney- 105th Jud. Dist.),  Corpus Christi, TX