WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April 21, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
For:
David, Lisa (Clerk Association)
Hightower, Brittany (Texas Advocacy Project)
Setliff, Aaron (Texas council on family violence)
On:
Piechowiak, Kimberly (Office of court administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bellino, Heather (Texas Advocacy Project)
Conte, Catherina (Self; Asian Family Support Services of Austin)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Dietz, Kevin (Self)
Gardner, Gretta (Self; Austin/Travis County Family Violence Task Force)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Kaiser, Chris (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Pantel, Jama (Justice of the Peace and Constable's Association)
Smith, R Glenn (Self)
For:
Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc)
Hiott, Debbie (Self; Austin American Statesman, Texas Press Association, Freedom of
Information Foundation of Texas)
Prather, Laura (Self; Texas Press Association, Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas,
Texas Association of Broadcasters)
On:
Groogan, Greg (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Woomer, Eric (Daily Court Review)
For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory probate courts)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hood, Kristi (Self)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Jagger, Todd (Self)
For:
Herman, Guy (Self)
Lee, Nick (Clean Elections Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carrillo, Joe (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Chimene, Grace (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Jagger, Todd (Self)
McDonald, Craig (Self; Texans for Public Justice)
Rodriguez, Jimmy (San Antonio Police Officers Association)
Smith, James (Self)
For:
McDavitt, Brooke (Bexar County Courts at Law)
For:
Conte, Catherina (Self; Asian Family Support Services of Austin)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Hightower, Brittany (Texas Advocacy Project)
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bellino, Heather (Texas Advocacy Project)
Craft, Lon (TMPA)
Dietz, Kevin (Self)
Gardner, Gretta (Self; Austin/Travis County Family Violence Task Force)
Grinstead-Everly, Tracy (Texas council on family violence)
Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Long, Matt (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Martinez, Mario (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Pantel, Jama (Justice of the Peace and Constable's Association)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)
Ward, Sandy (Self; Fbg Tea Party)
For:
Day, Aaron (Texas Land Title Association)
Maley, Joe (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Park, Joey (South Texas Property Rights Association)
Patton, Marissa (Texas Farm Bureau)
Winegarner, Josh (Texas Cattle Feeders Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
On:
Prud'homme, Tommy (Office of the Attorney General)
Rader, James (Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee of Texas Supreme Court)
For:
Caprelli, Lisa (Kasem Cares Foundation)
Defrancesco, Donna (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Kasem, Kerri (Self; Kasem Cares Foundation)
Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE)
Against:
Upchurch, Laura (Self)
On:
Hood, Kristi (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hammond, Terry (Self)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of texans with disabilities)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Norman, Douglas (Self)
Against:
Benavides, Gina (Self)
On:
Perkes, Greg (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cash, Brenda (Self; Republican Women of Yoakum Area)
Fowler, Daryl (Self; County of DeWitt)
Against:
Villarreal, Bobby (Hidalgo county judge ramon garcia)
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)
For:
Elenniss, Jenni (Self)
Morris, William (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)
Pennington, Faith (Self)
Southworth, Alecia (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Steve (Self; Texas Family Law Foundation)
Southworth, James (Self)
For:
Cruz, Sergio (County of Hidalgo, Texas)
Gonzalez, Rudy (Self; Hidalgo county judge ramon garcia)
Villarreal, Bobby (Hidalgo county judge ramon garcia)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Garza, Ramiro (Edinburg city council)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
For:
Banales, Xavier (Self; Texas Guardianship Association)
Bower, Bruce (Self; Alternatives to Guardianship, Inc.)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Davis, Mary Frances (Self)
Ferchill, Patrick W. (Self)
Fields, Steven (Self)
Flores, Helen B (Self; Alzheimers association)
Funk, Virginia (Self; Alzheimer's Association)
Hammond, Terry (Self)
HOLCH, CHRISTINA (Self; Alzheimer's Association)
Leonard, Bob (Self)
Against:
Herman, Guy (Self)
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
King, Steve M. (Self)
Ruffner, Thomas (Travis County Probate Court)
Upchurch, Laura (Self)
Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE)
Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE)
On:
Hood, Kris (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Harris, Heather (Self)
Smith, Rachael (Alzheimer's Association Capital of Texas Chapter)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Against:
Elsom, Kristi (Self)
For:
Elsom, Kristi (Self; State bar of texas - reptl section)
Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section)
Upchurch, Laura (Self)
Against:
Sheehan, J. Scott (Texas Business Law Foundation)
On:
Hood, Kristi (Self)
Savas, Michael (Texas Land Title Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Myers, Jeffrey (Self; Real estate probate and trust law (REPTL) section of state bar)
Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE)
Against:
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Emerick, David (JPMorgan Chase)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)
Sandberg, Eric (Texas Bankers Association)
Sjoberg, Elizabeth (Texas Hospital Association)
Tomlinson, Maxcine (Texas New Mexico Hospice Organization)
For:
Morgan, Alan (Self)
On:
Savas, Michael (Texas Land Title Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)
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