WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April 15, 2019 - 8:00 AM
For:
Harvey, Jay (Self; Texas trial lawyers association)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Hamm, William (Berkeley Research Group)
Jackson, Brian (Texas Alliance for Patient Access (TAPA))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Suh, Jinny (Self)
Against:
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Haddad, Roberto (Doctors Hospital at Renaissance (DHR Health))
Kibbe, Scot (Texas Health Care Association)
Linial, George (LeadingAge Texas)
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Schiebel, Craig (Self)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Medical Liability Trust)
Sutton, Jill (Texas Osteopathic Medical Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Probate Court of Travis County)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Schiebel, Craig (Self)
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
For:
Chepkauskas, Daniel (Patient Choice Coalition of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Frazier, Kyle (Patient choice coalition of texas)
Kuykendall (pronounced: KER-KIN-DOLL), Deanna L. (Texas Brain Injury Providers
Alliance)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Woomer, Eric (Texas Ambulatory Surgery Center Society)
Against:
Baxter, Jason (Texas Association of Health Plans)
On:
Danzeiser, Doug (Texas department Of insurance)
For:
Briscoe, Rick (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Malone, Rachel (Self; Gun Owners of America)
Schiebel, Craig (Self)
Swirsky, Alexie (Self)
Tripp, Alice (Self; Texas .State Rifle Assoc)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Grisham, CJ (Self; Open Carry Texas)
Hodges, Bradley (Self)
Murphy, Joseph (Self)
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
Nelms, Deborah (Self)
York, Ruth (Self)
Against:
Bennett, Joey (Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Bixby, Pamela (Self; League of Women Voters Texas)
Carlson, Rollyn (Self)
Golden, Nicole (Self; Moms Demand Action)
Greene, Melanie (Self; Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America)
Griffith, Idona (Self)
Hall, Ash (Self)
MacDougal, Vanessa (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
Suh, Jinny (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
For:
McAllister, Trish (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)
Weatherly, Gracw (Self; TEX-ABOTA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Herman, Guy (Self; Probate Court of Travis County)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Choate, Elizabeth (Texas Veterinary Medical Association (TVMA))
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Kepple, Robert (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Dudish, Kim (SOAH)
Dudish, Kim (State Office of Administrative Hearings)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Hunt, Lauren (Self)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bernstein, Kelsey (Texas Association of Counties)
Hammond, Terry (Self; Texas Guardianshio Association)
Herman, Guy (Self; Probate Court of Travis County)
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Hunt, Lauren (Self)
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
For:
Richards, Joanne (Common Ground for Texans)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abraham, Salem (Self)
Beck, David (Self; Citizens for Judicial in Texas)
Bixby, Pamela (Self; League of Women Voters Texas)
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Briscoe, Rick (Self)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Duncan, Robert (Self; Citizens For Judicial Excellence in Texas)
Fainter Jr, John W (Texas Civil Justice League)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Gammage, Sam (Texas Chemical Council)
Gutierrez, Anthony (Common Cause Texas)
Jamison, Martha (Self; Citizens for judicial excellence for texas)
Jefferson, Wallace (Self; Citizens for Judicial Excellence)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Lunceford, Erin (Self)
Madere, Pam (Texas association of defense council)
Marshall, Karen (Self)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)
Oliveira, David (Self; Citizens for judicial excellence)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Phillips, Tom (Self; Citizens for Judicial Excellence in Texas)
Robinson, Rebecca (Texas Restaurant Association)
Weatherly, Gracw (Self; TEX-ABOTA)
White, Andrea (Self; Citizens for Judicial Excellence)
On:
Adams, Will (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
For:
Raleeh, Paul (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constable Assoc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association)
Hoy, Sandy (Texas Apartment Association)
Ruckel, Chuck (Self)
Against:
Simon, Arthur (Self)
For:
Jackson, Brian (Texas Alliance for Patient Access (TAPA))
Against:
Harvey, Jay (Self; Texas trial lawyers association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Finch, Dan (Texas Medical Association)
Lopez, Cesar (Texas Hospital Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Medical Liability Trust)
Against:
Capelo, Jaime (Texas Society of Anesthesiologists)
Against:
Herman, Guy (Self; Probate Court of Travis County)
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Hunt, Lauren (Self)
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Raleeh, Paul (Self)
Ruckel, Chuck (Self)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Weatherly, Gracw (Self; TEX-ABOTA)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIO)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cuellar, Guadalupe (City of El Paso)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Vassar, Ryan (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Huthsteiner, Rachel (Independent Insurance Group)
Martin, Paul (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
On:
Hunt, Jeff (Texas Department of Insurance)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Brinkley, Jason (Cooke County)
Warren, John (Cooke County District Attorney)
Zielinski, Edmund (Cooke county attorney)
Against:
Klement, John (County commissioner)
Klement, Leon (Cooke county)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Weatherly, Grace (Self)
For:
Howard, Kristina (LegalZoom.com, Inc.)
Against:
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Schiebel, Craig (Self)
Against:
Hunt, Lauren (Self)
For:
Oliver, Scott (San Antonio Water System)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
For:
Macomb, Chris (Waste Management of Texas Inc.)
Minick, Stephen (Republic Services)
Against:
Odam, John (Harris county)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas- Highway Heavy Branch)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Gammage, Sam (Texas Chemical Council)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Muńoz, Ned (Texas Association of Builders)
Vickery, Mark (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Womack, Daniel (Dow)
Against:
Bertrand, Aimee (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Embrey, Tammy (City of Corpus Christi)
Heckard, Brittany (Harris County Commissioner Precinct 1, Rodney Ellis)
Kelly, Bill (Mayor’s Office, City of Houston)
Merritt, Garry (Texas Association of Counties)
Reed, Cyrus (Lone star chapter sierra club)
Short, Jim (Self; County judge Hidalgo, harris county texas)
Smith, Jamaal (City of Houston, Office of the Mayor)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
On:
Hubenak, Priscilla (OAG)
For:
Mintz, David (Texas Apartment Association)
Against:
Monts, Britton (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Walker, Nate (Texas Housers)
Weber, Martin (Self)
For:
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Travis County AND, Justice of the Peace and Constables Association
of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Chu, Nicholas (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
Johnson, Noel (TMPA)
Raleeh, Paul (Self)
Ruckel, Chuck (Self)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Shipman, Sherry (Denton County 16th Judicial District and Local Administrative Judge)
Weatherly, Grace (Self)
For:
Robinson, Carroll (Self; Robinson Law Group)
Against:
Heasley, John (Texas Bankers Association)
Yashewski, Suzanne (Texas Credit Union Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Warner, Michael (Robinson Law Group)
Against:
Fleming, John (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
For:
Robinson, Carroll (Self; Robinson Law Group)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Warner, Michael (Robinson Law Group)
For:
Bradwell, Simon (Self)
Eiland, Craig (Self)
Loyd, Shannon (The Loyd Law Firm, PLLC)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Grossman, Esther (Self; Homeowners of America Insurance Company)
Stephens, John (Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies)
Thompson, Jay (Afact)
Thompson, Rhonda (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burniston, Mary (TexPIRG)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Against:
Floyd, Beaman (Texas Coalition for Affordable Insurance Solutions)
Martin, Paul (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies)
Old, James (Self; US Lloyds Insurance Company)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Woods, Joe (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Parenteau, Julia (Texas Realtors)
Schiebel, Craig (Self)
Simon, Arthur (Self)
For:
Franklin, Allison (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Gerrick, Emily (Texas Fair Defense Project)
Herman, Guy (Self; Probate Court of Travis County)
Hudson, Nick (American Civil Liberties Union of Texas)
For:
Gidseg, Joey (Self; Texas Democrats with Disabilities)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Woodley, John (Self; Advocate for Disability Access)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Benestante, Jacquie (Autism Society of Texas)
BLACK, Beverley (Texas Advocats)
Botello, Chris (Self; Texas Advocates)
Bradway, Kathy (Texas Advocats)
Dooley, Michelle (Community Now!)
Elizabeth, Mary (Self)
Francis, Will (National Association of Social Workers - Texas Chapter)
Kuykendall (pronounced: KER-KIN-DOLL), Deanna L. (Texas Brain Injury Providers
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Alliance)
Litzinger, Linda (Self; Texas Parent to Parent)
Masey, Chris (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Register, Bryan (Self)
Schiebel, Craig (Self)
Swallow, David (Self; Texas Advocats)
Against:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
For:
Abraham, Salem (Self)
Beck, David (Self; Citizens for Judicial in Texas)
Duncan, Robert (Self; Citizens For Judicial Excellence in Texas)
Jamison, Martha (Self; Citizens for judicial excellence for texas)
Jefferson, Wallace (Self; Citizens for Judicial Excellence)
Phillips, Tom (Self; Citizens for Judicial Excellence in Texas)
Against:
Adams, Will (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Leal, Gloria (Self; Mexican American Bar Assn of TEXAS)
Moye, Eric V. (Self)
Weatherly, Gracw (Self; TEX-ABOTA)
On:
Hecht, Nathan (Supreme Court if Texas)
Oliveira, David (Self; Citizens for judicial excellence)
White, Andrea (Self; Citizens for Judicial Excellence)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Anderson, Lisa (Shell)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Fainter Jr, John W (Texas Civil Jjustice League)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Gammage, Sam (Texas Chemical Council)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Joyce, Shana (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)
Kearns, Dennis (Self)
Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)
Loftis, Lee (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Lunceford, Erin (Self)
Madere, Pam (Texas association of defense council)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)
Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Pearce, Amber (Pfizer)
Robinson, Rebecca (Texas Restaurant Association)
Woods, Joe (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Against:
Brinkley, Jason (Self)
Jenkins, Clay (Self; Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barton, Clay (Kerr county Sheriff)
Hierholzer, Rusty (Kerr County Sheriff)
Registering, but not testifying:
On:
Buche, Steve (Health & Human Services Commission)
Ray, Karen (Health & Human Services Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Kuykendall (pronounced: KUR-KIN-DOLL), Deanna L. (Texas Municipal Courts Association)
On:
Lochridge, Hope (Self; Texas Municipal Courts Education Center)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Schiebel, Craig (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Beck, David (Self; Citizens for Judicial in Texas)
Duncan, Robert (Self; Citizens For Judicial Excellence in Texas)
Jefferson, Wallace (Self; Citizens for Judicial Excellence)
Against:
Adams, Will (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Weatherly, Gracw (Self; TEX-ABOTA)
On:
Hecht, Nathan (Supreme court of TX)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abraham, Salem (Self)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Fisher, Jon (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Gammage, Sam (Texas Chemical Council)
Hines, James (Texas Association of Business)
Jamison, Martha (Self; Citizens for judicial excellence for texas)
Joyce, Shana (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Kaufman, Lisa (Texas Civil Justice League)
Kearns, Dennis (Self)
Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)
Lunceford, Erin (Self)
Moore, Julie (Occidental Petroleum)
Oliveira, David (Self; Citizens for judicial excellence)
Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Pearce, Amber (Pfizer)
Phillips, Tom (Self; Citizens for Judicial Excellence in Texas)
Woods, Joe (American Property Casualty Insurance Association)
Against:
Brinkley, Jason (Self)
Jenkins, Clay (Self; Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Leal, Gloria (Self; Mexican Am Bar ASSN OF texas)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Tatum, Alexis (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
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