WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April 11, 2017 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Schneider, Michael (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
For:
Cernosek, Larry (Self; Texas Towing&Storage Association)
Milstead, Amy (Texas towing and storage assoc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Adams, Will (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Services Districts)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police assoc. (TMPA))
Haney, Casey (State Firefighters' and Fire Marshals' Association)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Pacheco, Michael (Texas Farm Bureau)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Smith, Arianna (Combined law enforcement associations of texas, cleat)
On:
Adams, Will (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
For:
Davis, Lora (Self; Real Estate Probate and Trust Law section of State Bar of Texas)
Herman, Guy (Self; Staturory Probate Judges of Texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self; Real Estate Probate Trust Law Section, State Bar of Texas)
Against:
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Hagan, Paula (Texas Hospital Association, Texas Medical Association)
Tomlinson, Maxcine (Texas New Mexico Hospice Organization)
On:
Pojman, Joe (Texas Alliance for Life)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Aronowitz, Jacob (Self)
Davis, Steve (Self)
Jones, Marsha (Texas Society of Clinical Oncology)
Lewis, Kathryn (Disability Rights Texas)
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For:
McAllister, Trish (Self)
Medrano, Margarita (Self)
Mendoza, Elva (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Against:
Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)
Ottinger, Tim (Catholic Health Association of Texas)
Against:
McCraw, John (Lin) (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Smith, Michael (Self; All Texas chapters of the American Board of Trial Advocates)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cahn, Adam (Cahnman's Musings)
Against:
Aronowitz, Jacob (Self)
Medrano, Margarita (Self)
Mendoza, Elva (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
For:
Leeton, Scott (Corpus Christi Police Officers' Association)
Shipley, Greg (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT), Corpus
Christi Police Officer's Association)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Wilkison, Charley (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas, CLEAT)
Against:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Carlton, John (Texas State Association of Fire and Emergency Services Districts)
Gomez, Mike (Texas municipal police assoc. (TMPA))
Harrison, Todd (Self; Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas)
Smith, Arianna (Combined law enforcement associations of texas, cleat)
Thomas, Zindia (Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Banks, Yannis (Texas NAACP)
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For:
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Evans, Richard (Self; Bandera County)
Pollard, Tom (Self; Kerr County)
Against:
Ford, Don (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Staturory Probate Judges of Texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)
For:
McAllister, Trish (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Davis, Lora (Self)
Davis, Steve (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Phillips, Karen (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Pontello, Jacqueline (Self; One Voice Texas)
On:
Kuntz, Jeremiah (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)
Thompson, Clint (Texas Department of Motor Vehicles)
For:
Pollard, Tom (Self; Kerr County)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Evans, Richard (Self; Bandera County)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
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For:
Thomas, Zindia (Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baker, Lindsey (City of Denton)
Coyle, Jeff (City of San Antonio)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Gonzalez, Ramiro (City of brownsville)
Tagliabue, Tom (City of Corpus Christi)
Walker, Nate (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
For:
Enoch, Craig (John Paul DeJoria)
Against:
Lahad, John (Maghreb Petroleum Exploration & MidEast Fund for Morocco)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
For:
Arrington, Amy (Self; Texas Childrens Hospital)
Mattiuzzi, Lauren (Self; Texas Children's Hospital)
Against:
Adams, Will (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)
Bocchini, Claire (Self)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Kroll, Carrie (Texas Hospital Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Townsend, Paul (Children's Hospital Association of Texas)
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For:
Esparza, John (Texas Trucking Association)
Fuentes, Robert (Self; The Fuentes Firm, P.C.)
Griffin, Richard (Self; BairHilty, PC)
Hendryx, Michael (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Against:
Adams, Will (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Christensen, Dan (Self; Americans for Patient Access)
James, Benedict (Self)
Miranda, Hector (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
On:
Hayden. MD, Shawn (Self; Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Martin, Amanda (Texas Association of Business)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Aronowitz, Jacob (Self)
Ashley, Price (Coalition for Affordable Responsible Insuring)
Medrano, Margarita (Self)
Mendoza, Elva (Self)
Sandoval, Esteban (Self)
Tidwell, Russ (Texas Association of Consumer Lawyers)
On:
Melton, Kirsta (Office of Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Joiner, Caroline (TechNet)
Thomas, Zindia (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
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Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Thomas, Zindia (Texas Municipal League)
For:
Adams, Don (Self)
Hartman, Fred (Self; Texas Press Association)
Prather, Laura (Self; Texas press assn, freedom of information foundation)
Stowe, William (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
On:
Oney, Tom (Lowe Colorado River Authority)
Thomas, Zindia (Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
Against:
Riggs, Jennifer (Self; Freedom of Information Foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Russell, Claudia (El Paso County)
For:
Jackson, Brian (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ballew, Joel (Texas Health Resources)
Banda, Jennifer (Texas Hospital Association)
Garcia, Michael (Texas Medical Liability Trust)
Harvey, Jay (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
For:
Boddie, Rod (Seneca One)
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Against:
Stowe, William (Texas Association of Broadcasters)
On:
Prather, Laura (Self; Texas press assn, freedom of information foundation)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Statutory Probate Courts of Texas)
Against:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Cox, William (Self; El Pasp County Public Defender's Office)
Evans, Richard (Self; Texas Indigent Defense Commission. Bandera County)
Johnston, Robert (Anderson County)
Perez, Vincent (Self; El Paso County)
On:
Bethke, Jim (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Bevel, Mary Kate (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Green, Joseph (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Landeros, Jose (El Paso County)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County)
Mergler, Mary (Texas Appleseed)
Peek, Alexandra (Self; Austin Justice Coalition)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Dee (Self; Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid)
Sugg, Paul (Texas Association of Counties)
For:
Colyandro, John (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Minick, Stephen (Texas Asssociation of Business)
Spilman, Annie (National Federation of Independent Business/Texas)
Against:
Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Frandsen, Chris (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Freeman, Kathryn (Christian Life Commission)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Merfish, Brett (Texas Appleseed)
Thomas, Zindia (Texas Municipal League)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Besserman, Kenneth (Texas Restaurant Assn)
Burgin, Matt (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Geary, Michael (Texas Conservative Coalition)
Miller, Lindsey (Texas independent producers and royalty owners association)
Oswald, Bill (Self; Koch Companies)
Panju, Arif (Institute for Justice)
Pendleton, DJ (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
Simpson, Stephanie (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Stewart, Scott (Texas Chemical Council)
Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)
Womack, Daniel (Dow Chemical)
Against:
Aguilar, Leonard (Texas Building Trades)
Banks, Yannis (Texas naacp)
Barba, Michael (Texas Catholic Conference of Bishops)
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Duncan, Brittany (Self; Helping Hands Ministry of Belton, Inc.)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor's Office, City of Houston)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Pontello, Jacqueline (Self; One Voice Texas)
Preston, Rucker (Self; Texas Christian Community Development Network)
Rosen, Laura (Center for Public Policy Priorities)
Thurston, James (United Ways of Texas)
Von Haefen, Katherine (United Way of Greater Houston)
Whitley, Tracey (Self)
Widrow, Woody (RAISE Texas)
For:
Brister, Scott (Self)
Hoffman, Martin (Self)
Jefferson, Wallace (Self)
O'Neill, Harriet (Self)
Ratliff, Shannon (Self)
Whitehurst, Bill (Self)
On:
Hecht, Nathan (Supreme Court of Texas)
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On:
Slayton, David (Texas Judicial Council, Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Herman, Guy (Self; Staturory Probate Judges of Texas)
McCraw, John (Lin) (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Walden, Bobby (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
On:
Wilkinson, Melody (Self; Texas Association of District Judges and Judicial Section)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
For:
Hoffman, Martin (Self)
Pettit, Julie (Self)
Sutton, Patrick (Self)
Zucker, Irene (Self)
Against:
Engel, Brian (Self; Barrett Daffin Frappier Turner & Engel)
Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Sandberg, Eric (Texas Bankers Assn)
Truitt, Vicki (Mackie Wolf Zienrz & Mann, PC)
Yarbrough, Brian (JPMorgan Chase)
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