WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April 28, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
On:
Fischer, Ashley (Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Daniel, Chris (Self; Office of Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Roberts, Cary (County & District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
Wolfe, Mike (Self; Office of Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ligon, Katharine (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
On:
Raymond, Kerry (Dept State health Services)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Ross, Susan (McCreary, Veselka, Bragg, & Allen)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Acevedo, Julie (Texas Fire Chief's Assn.)
Alexander, Troy (Texas Medical Association)
Lawson, Drew (Texans for lawsuit reform)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
For:
Albee, Ron (Self; AGC Texas Building Branch)
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For:
Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)
Chatron, Michael (AGC Texas Building Branch)
Against:
Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyer Assoc)
Bowman, Gordon (City of austin)
Jordan, Grant (City of Fort Worth)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Munoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
White, Michael (Texas Construction Association)
Against:
Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Holmes, Anna (City of Dallas)
Igo, Shanna (Texas Municipal League)
Sepehri, John (Texas Apartment Association)
For:
David, Larry (Self; Concord Law School of Kaplan University)
Ellison, Albert (Self)
Hart, Don (Self)
Hunker, Kathleen (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Pennington, Jacob (Self)
Pennington, James (Self)
Pierce, Bradley (Self)
Against:
Harvey, Jay (Self; Tex-ABOTA)
Meroney, Ranelle (Self; TEX ABOTA, TADC)
On:
Hoang, Nahdiah (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Brummett, William Andrew (Institute for Justice)
Drenner, Julie (Self)
Hart, Emalee (Self)
Hart, Katie (Self)
Howsley, Stephen (Texas Home School Coalition)
Malone, Jr., Bill (Self)
Moody, Hannah (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Moody, Micah (Self)
Swift, Kat (Green Party of Texas)
Walden, Ledith (Self)
Walden, Rachel (Self)
Walden, Sarah (Self)
Against:
Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyer Assoc)
For:
Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyer Assoc)
Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
For:
Groff, Erin (Self; Texas alliance for life)
Horton, Judith (Self)
Kaiser, Melanie (Self)
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Steele, Robin (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Confeence of Bishops)
Brown, Leah (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Long, Matt (Self)
Smith, Angela (Self; Fredericksburg tea party)
Stratton, Jennifer (Self)
Tomlinson, Sydney (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Williams, Terry (Self; Texas Alliance for Life)
Against:
Kerker, Juliana (American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, District XI (Texas))
On:
Hagerla, David (Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Elsom, Kristi (Self; Real estate probate and trust law section of the state bar of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self; State Bar of Texas-Real Estate Probate and Trust Law Section)
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Judges of Texas)
For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory prpbate judge sof texas)
Milligan, Maureen (City of Dallas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Franco, Brie (City of El Paso)
Lanagan, Lindsay (City of Houston)
Wolverton, Jeff (McWilliams Government Affairs on behalf of Dallas Habitat for Humanity)
For:
Hughes, Laura (Kaufman County)
Schoen, Kennrth (Self; Kaufman county)
Vrzalik, Jimmy (Self; Kaufman county)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Oldfield, Ronnie (Kaufman County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Hammerlein, George (Harris County Clerk's Office)
For:
Phillips, Thomas (Self)
Young, Evan (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Cummings, Patricia (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
On:
Kita, Matthew (Self)
Oldham, Andrew (Office of the Governor)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Witherite, Amy (Self; TACL)
On:
Dahlberg, Shelley (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Gilroy, Kelly (American Legal Finance Association)
Tillman, Pat (Self)
Williams, Joseph (Self)
Against:
Baker, Thurbert (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)
On:
Schuller, Eric (Self; Oasis legal finance)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Eiland, Craig (American Legal Finance Association)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Roberts, Cary (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)
For:
Lejarazu, Sergio (Self)
On:
Sepehri, John (Texas Apartment Association)
On:
Dahlberg, Shelley (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lawson, Drew (Texans for lawsuit reform)
Against:
Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyer Assoc)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Helmerichs, Cristina (Self)
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
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