WITNESS LIST
Jurisprudence
April 8, 2009 - 01:30 PM or upon adjournment
SB  55
 
FOR:
 
Rynders, Dustin   Attorney  (Advocacy, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Smith, Judge Robin   President  (Texas Municipal Courts Association),  Midland, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Cassidy, Jessica   Baron and Budd Public Interest Scholar: Juvenile Justice Issues  (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Gunter, Samuel   Research Associate  (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
Parker, Laura   Judge  (386th District Court),  San Antonio, TX
 
Smith, Jodie   Public Policy Director  (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Townsend, Cheryln "Cherie"   Executive Commissioner  (Texas Youth Commission),  Austin, TX
SB  58
 
FOR:
 
Lee, Donald   Executive Director  (Texas Conference of Urban Counties),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Daniels, Katrina   Assistant District Attorney  (Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed),  San Antonio, TX
 
Gunter, Samuel   Research Associate  (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
Parker, Laura   Judge  (386th District Court),  San Antonio, TX
 
Segovia, Cindy Cantu   Government Relations Manager  (Bexar County Commissioners Court),  San Antonio, TX
 
Smith, Jodie   Public Policy Director  (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Capers, Lisa   General Counsel  (Texas Juvenile Probation Commission),  Round Rock, TX
 
Townsend, Cheryln "Cherie"   Executive Commissioner  (Texas Youth Commission),  Austin, TX
SB  62
 
FOR:
 
Spencer, Col. Bryan S.   Colonel  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Daniels, Katrina   Assistant District Attorney  (Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed),  San Antonio, TX
 
On:
 
Vaughan, Julia   Executive Director  (Texas Board of Law Examiners),  Austin, TX
SB  499
 
ON:
 
Kromrei, Liz   CPS Director of Services  (Department of Family and Protective Services),  Austin, TX
 
Molina, Patricia   Program Specialist - Central Registry  (Department of State Health Services - Vital Statistics),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Gray, David T.   (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Schaefer, Nancy   (TXCare),  Austin, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Dodson, Shirley   (Adoption Knowledge Affiliates),  Austin, TX
SB  666
 
FOR:
 
Saunders, Stephen   Attorney (also providing written testimony)  (Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Council/State Bar),  Austin, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Brigance, John   Executive Director  (Texas Bankers Association, Wealth Management and Trust Division),  Austin, TX
 
Youngdale, Paul   Vice President  (Bank of America),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
McDonald, Carol L.   President  (Independent Colleges and Universities of Texas, Inc.),  Austin, TX
SB  1166
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Criswell, Mike   Swisher County Attorney  (Swisher County),  Tulia, TX
 
Keeter, Harold   County Judge  (Swisher County),  Tulia, TX
SB  1553
 
FOR:
 
Berchelmann, David   District Court Judge  (Bexar County District Judges),  San Antonio, TX
 
Parker, Laura   Judge - Local Administrative Judge for Bexar County  (Bexar County District Court Judges),  San Antonio, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Horn, Mary   Denton County Judge  (Self),  Denton, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Mendez, Mark   Assistant County Administrator  (Tarrant County Commissioners Court),  Fort Worth, TX
 
On:
 
Reynolds, Carl   Director  (Office of Court Administration),  Austin, TX
 
Segovia, Cindy Cantu   Government Relations Manager  (Commissioners Court),  San Antonio, TX
SB  1598
 
FOR:
 
Bower, Bruce   Attorney (also providing written testimony)  (Texas Kincare Task Force),  Austin, TX
 
Dietz, Kevin   Manager - Family Law Team - Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Garcia, Oscar   Speaker Pro Tem (also providing written testimony)  (The Texas Silver - Haired Legislature),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Higgins, Carlos   Chair, Legislative Action Committee  (Texas Silver - Haired Legislature),  Austin, TX
 
Lovings, Mary A.   Mother - Grandmother  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
Oliver, Carolyn   Grandmother  (Self),  Houston, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Dudley, William   Attorney  (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Corpus Christi, TX
 
ON:
 
Paga, Beth   Director of Program Litigation  (Department of Family and Protective Services),  Austin, TX
 
Warne, Judy   District Judge  (Family Trial Division - Harris County),  Houston, TX
 
Wilmot, Felipa   Family Caregiver Program Specialist  (Area Agency on Aging of the Coastal Bend),  Corpus Christi, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Chapman, Randall   Executive Director  (Texas Legal Services Center),  Austin, TX
 
Rynders, Dustin   Attorney  (Advocacy, Inc.),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Jodie   Public Policy Director  (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Tom "Smitty"   (Public Citizen),  Austin, TX
 
Strub, Leonard   AARP Legislative Volunteer  (AARP),  Allen, TX
 
Summerlin, Errol A.   (Self),  Portland, TX
 
Against:
 
Bresnen, Steve   (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Austin, TX
SB  1599
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Bond, Katie   Assistant General Counsel  (Office of Court Administration),  Austin, TX
 
Henricks, Michele   Director, Court Reporters Certification Board  (Office of Court Administration),  Austin, TX
SB  1625
 
ON:
 
Yashewski, Suzanne   Vice President Compliance and Legal Affairs  (Texas Credit Union League),  Austin, TX
SB  1661
 
FOR:
 
Love, Roland   (Texas Land Title Association),  Dallas, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Lee, Randy   SR. Vice President  (Stewart Title Guaranty Co.),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Key, Alicia   Director Child Support Division  (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  1710
 
FOR:
 
Marsh, Andrea   Executive Director  (Texas Fair Defense Project),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Slayton, David   Director of Court Administration  (Lubbock County),  Lubbock, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Gunter, Samuel   Research Associate  (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Bethke, James   Director  (Task Force on Indigent Defense),  Austin, TX
SB  1754
 
FOR:
 
Edwards, Jeff   Commissioner (also providing written testimony)  (Access to Justice Commission),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Chapman, Randall   Executive Director  (Texas Legal Services Center),  Austin, TX
 
Day, Aaron   (Texas Land Title Association),  Austin, TX
 
Lee, Donald   Executive Director  (Texas Conference of Urban Counties),  Austin, TX
 
Mendez, Mark   Assistant County Administrator  (Tarrant County Commissioners Court),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Segovia, Cindy Cantu   Government Relations Manager  (Bexar County Commissioners Court),  San Antonio, TX
 
Smith, Tom "Smitty"   (Public Citizen),  Austin, TX
 
Summerlin, Errol A.   Deputy Director/Director of Administration  (Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid/Legal Aid of Northwest Texas),  Portland, TX
SB  1777
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Key, Alicia   Director, Child Support Division  (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  1809
 
FOR:
 
Berchelmann, David   District Judge  (Bexar County District Judges),  San Antonio, TX
 
Moore, Angela   Chief Appellate Public Defender  (Bexar County Appellate Public Defender),  San Antonio, TX
 
Parker, Laura   Judge - Local Administrative Judge from Bexar County  (Bexar County District Court Judges),  San Antonio, TX
SB  1811
 
FOR:
 
Hadaway, Shane   District Judge - 39th District  (Self),  Haskell, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Fouts, Michael   District Attorney  (39th District Attorney),  Sagerton, TX
SB  1838
 
FOR:
 
Ferrill, Shelley   Dr.  (Self),  Katy, TX
 
Kahan, Andy   Director  (Mayor's Crime Victims Office),  Houston, TX
SB  2027
 
FOR:
 
Cannon - Sheridan, Joal   (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Bresnen, Steve   (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Austin, TX
 
Smith, Jodie   Public Policy Director  (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
On:
 
Lackey, Sandra   Manager  (Texas Department of State Health Services - Vital Statistics),  Austin, TX
SB  2065
 
FOR:
 
Love, Roland   (Texas Land Title Association),  Dallas, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Lee, Randy   SR. Vice President  (Stewart Title Guaranty Co.),  Austin, TX
SB  2197
 
FOR:
 
Gallardo, Larry   Constable  (Justices of the Peace and Constable's Association and Hidalgo County),  Mission, TX
 
Gutierrez, Bobby   Constable  (Williamson County and Justices of Peace and Constables Association),  Georgetown, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Casanova, Isidro   Deputy Constable  (Justice of the Peace and Constable Association),  Mission, TX
 
Lee, Donald   Executive Director  (Texas Conference of Urban Counties),  Austin, TX
 
Mendez, Mark   Assistant County Administrator  (Tarrant County Commissioners Court),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Oakley, Keith   Consultant  (Texas Process Servers Association),  Austin, TX
 
Segovia, Cindy Cantu   Government Relations Manager  (Bexar County Commissioners Court),  San Antonio, TX
SB  2201
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Force, Duane   Attorney  (Linebarger Goggan Blair and Sampson, LLP),  San Marcos, TX
SB  2221
 
FOR:
 
McColl III, Arch C.   Attorney (also providing written testimony)  (Bruce Siegel),  Dallas, TX
 
Siegel, Bruce  (also providing written testimony)  (Self),  Plano, TX
 
ON:
 
Merchant, Scott   Attorney  (Department of Public Safety),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Richards, Diana   Mrs.  (Self),  Arlington, TX
 
Against:
 
Cassidy, Jessica   Baron and Budd Public Interest Scholar: Juvenile Justice Issues  (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Whalen, Ken   Executive Vice President  (Texas Daily Newspaper Association/Texas Press Association),  Austin, TX
SB  2325
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Willing, Seana   Executive Director  (State Commission on Judicial Conduct),  Austin, TX