WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
May 5, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Daniel, Chris (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)
Wolfe, Mike (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)
For:
Myers, Jeffrey (Self; Real estate, probate, trust law section (REPTL) of the state bar of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self; Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section of State Bar of Texas)
Against:
Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)
On:
Friedlander, Leslie (Attorney General)
For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Against:
Wilson, Stacy (Texas Hospital Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Forbes, Nanette (Texas Association of Counties)
Foster, Tania (Texas Health Resources)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Pate, Gardner (Houston Methodist)
On:
Lopez, Chris (Department of State Health Services)
For:
Bennett, Bruce (Self)
Against:
Brazell, James (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Hammond, Bill (Texas Association of Business)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/TX)
Wolfe, Mike (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)
Womack, Daniel (The Dow Chemical Company)
On:
Martinez, Robert (Texas Commission on Environmental Quality)
For:
Broussard, Danielle (Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Easton, Michael (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Place, Allen (Self; Texas criminal defense lawyers association)
Against:
Stubblefield, Bill (Board of Regional Presiding Judges)
Wolfe, Mike (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)
For:
Casey, Stephen (Self)
Gammon, William (Self)
McMichael, Dana (Self)
Pendergrass, Tod (Self; Civil process servers association of texas)
Read, Anthony (Self)
Rogers, David (Self)
Rogers, David (Self)
Against:
Cromwell, Dennis (Self; Texas Process Servers Association)
Easton, Michael (Self)
Gravell, Bill (Self; The Justice of the Peace and Constables Assc. Of Texas)
Keeney, Rick (Self; Texas Professional Process Servers Association)
Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justices of the peace and constables association of texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Long, Matt (Self)
McEwen, Michael (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Ward, Sandy (Self)
Wolfe, Mike (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)
Against:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Brooks, David B. (County Attorney Vince Ryan, Harris County)
Burrow, Mark (Self; Tpsa)
Carson, Monica (Self; TPSA)
Compton, Darla (Self; Texas Process Servers Association)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Jester Saucedo, Jessica (Self; Texas Process Servers Association)
Oakley, Keith (Texas Process Servers Association)
Patterson, Sean (Self; TPSA)
Serdinia, Destinee (Self; TPSA)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
Weeks, Samuel (Self; Texas Process Server Association)
Wong, Keith (Self)
For:
Ferrill, Don (Self; Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
Against:
Blevins, Bryan (Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Copeland, Chris (Texas Veterinary Medical Association)
Smith, Michele (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
For:
Bennett, Bruce (Self)
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Against:
Hartnett, Will (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
For:
Casey, Stephen (Self)
Gammon, William (Self)
Jackson, Jeffrey (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Lane, Robert "Chip" (Self)
Locust, Erica (Self)
Read, Anthony (Self)
Rogers, David (Self)
Rogers, David (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Pendergrass, Tod (Self)
Against:
Cannon, Thure (Texas Pipeline Association)
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
McBeth, Kelly (Gas Processors Association)
Against:
Roach, Nelson (Self; Texas trial lawyers)
On:
Flores, Carmen (Office of the Texas Secretary of State)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baxter, Todd (Time Warner Cable)
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Lawson, Richard (Verizon)
Meyers, Lucas (Texas Cable Association)
Munoz, Leo (Comcast)
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
On:
Chiodo, Dana (TechAmerica)
VanWinkle, Kim (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Kiel, Teresa (Self; The Count and District Clerks' Association of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Forbes, Nanette (Texas Association of Counties)
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Hartle, Barbara (City of Houston)
Mckinney, Donald (Houston Police Dept.)
Zamora, Randy (City of Houston)
Against:
Easton, Michael (Self)
Ugueto, Antonia (Self; Municipal Justice Bar Associtation of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
McMahan, Kelly (Self; Municipal Justice Bar Association of Texas)
For:
Hunker, Kathleen (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Panagos, Jill (Self)
Seale, Michael (Self)
Stovall, Scott (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Long, Matt (Self)
Ward, Sandy (Self)
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Hood, Kristi (Self)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Luckey, Betty (Self)
Pritchett, Virginia (Self)
Smoot, Kelley (Self)
Valdez, Debby (Self; Guardianship reform advocates for the disabled and elderly)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burnett, Lorri (Self)
Davis, John (Self; Grsdm)
Easton, Michael (Self)
Easton, Michael (Self)
Herndon, Patrick (Self)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Long, Matt (Self)
Mason, ElizaBeth (Self)
McGinty, Ione (Self)
Norman, Susan (Self)
Sherrick, Kristy (Self)
Statman, Rona (The Arc of Texas)
Suehs, Thomas (Self)
Switzer, Gyl (Mental health america of texas)
Ward, Sandy (Self)
Against:
Forbes, Nanette (Texas Association of Counties)
Herman, Guy (Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Myers, Jeffrey (Self)
Warndof, Donna (Harris County)
On:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory probate courts of texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self)
For:
Stout, David (El Paso County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Daniel, Chris (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)
Wolfe, Mike (Self; Harris County District Clerk Chris Daniel)
On:
Williford, Jeff (Texas Veterans Commission)
For:
Roach, Nelson (Self; Texas trial lawyers)
Against:
Casey, Stephen (Self)
Garza, Henry (District attorneys)
Tharp, Jennifer (Comal County Criminal District Attorney)
On:
Kepple, Robert (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Kepple, Robert (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Bassett, Sam (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Boyd, Dustin (52nd judicial district attorney)
Cummings, Patricia (Self; Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Association)
Renken, Julie (21st Judicial District Attorney's Office)
On:
Mcminn, Lisa (Office of the State Prosecuting Attorney)
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