WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
April 9, 2025 - 8:00 AM
For:
Harrell, David (Self; Texas business law foundation)
Reddington, Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Tankersley, Mike (Self; Texas Business Law Foundation)
On:
Bullard, Jerry (Texas Business Court)
LaVoie, Megan (Office of Court Administration)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Cardwell, Margo (Texas Civil Justice League)
Foster, Wendt (Independent Bankers Assoc of TX)
Fowler, Meredyth (Texas Mortgage Bankers Association)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Kuhl, John (Texas Business Law Foundation)
Mains, Chuck (TX Business Law Foundation)
Mauro, Megan (Texas Association of Business)
Oberbeck, Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Simmons, Carrie (Energy Transfer)
Against:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Harvey, Jay (Self; TEXABOTA)
Knapp, Jennie (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
On:
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
For:
Champagne, Taran (Self)
Collier, Rabeea (Texas Association of District Judges)
Fennell, Jacqueline (Self)
Garcia, Gabriela (Self)
Garza, Robert (Americans for Judicial Accountability)
Ginn, Charlie (Self; Texas trial lawyers association)
Harvey, Jay (Self; TEXABOTA)
Hassenflu, Alan (Texans for Lawsuit Reform, Houston Region Business Coalition)
Lundy, Jennifer (Texans for Judicial Accountability)
Parsons, Jarvis (Self)
Perricone, Christopher (Self)
Putman, Jacob (Self; Smith County Criminal District Attorney’s Office)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Robinson, Jared (Self; Texas Association of District Judges)
Saldana, George (Self)
Shrode, John (Self; Texas association of district judges)
Suehs, Charles (Self)
Wofford, Steve (Self)
Against:
Budwine, Kirsten (Texas Civil Rights Project)
Grisham, CJ (Self)
On:
Bouressa, Andrea (Self)
Brown, Susan (Presiding Judges)
Chapman, Charles Brice (Self)
Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA))
Habersham, Jacqueline (State Commission on Judicial Conduct)
Hardway, Robin (Employees Retirement System of Texas)
Kahan, Andy (State Commission Judicial Conduct)
Kam, Tom (Self)
LaVoie, Megan (Office of Court Administration)
McGiverin, Brian (Self)
Michalk, Lisa (Self; TADJ, self)
Miller, Bill (Self; State Bar of Texas Judicial Section)
Perez, Annabell (Texas-El Paso Judiciary)
Phillips, Larry (Self)
Thomas, Zindia (State Commission on Judicial Conduct)
Ward, Kathy (State Commission on Judicial Conduct)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bullock, Michael (Self; Austin Police Association)
Cardwell, Margo (Texas Civil Justice League)
Charles, Alfonso (Self; Legislative Chair Judicial Section State Bar)
Herman, Guy (Stautory Probate Judges of Texas)
Hicks, Sarah (Texas Apartment Association)
Messer, Caroline (AT&T)
Oliver, Chance (Self; President, Texas County Court Judges Association)
Reddington, Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Walker, Jack (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
Williams, M Paige (Dallas Criminal District Attorney John Creuzot)
Wilson, Thomas (Self; Smith County Criminal District Attorneys Office)
Yarbro, Katy (Self)
Against:
Hunt, Daniel (Self; SREC Committeeman SD3)
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Against:
On:
Bailey, John (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Reddington, Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
For:
Bresnen, Steve (Self; TEXAS TRIAL LAWYERS ASSOCIATION)
Charles, Alfonso (Self; Legislative Chair Judicial Section State Bar)
Garcia, Gabriela (Self)
Miller, Bill (Self; State Bar of Texas Judicial Section)
Reddington, Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Robinson, Jared (Self; Texas Association for District Judges)
On:
Hardway, Robin (Employees Retirement System of Texas)
LaVoie, Megan (Office of Court Administration)
Suehs, Charles (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Amy (Texas Family Law Foundation)
Cardwell, Margo (Texas Civil Justice League)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Garrison, Tanya (Self)
Hawkins, Kristen (Self)
Herman, Guy (Stautory Probate Judges of Texas)
Laine, Dale (Texas Association of Senior, Retired and Former Judges, Inc)
Michalk, Lisa (Self; Texas Assoc. of District Judges)
Miller, Beau (Self)
Shrode, John (Self)
Shrode, John (Self; Texas association of district judges)
On:
Bailey, John (Self)
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Perez, Annabell (Texas-El Paso Judiciary)
For:
Allison, Brenton (Matagorda Bay Pilots)
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For:
Harris, Michael (Self; Matagorda Bay Pilots)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Ash, Ky (Texas State Pilots Association)
Woods, Lee (Self)
Against:
Deline, Steven (Self)
For:
Galo, John (Webb County)
Medford, Leroy (Webb county)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Szimanski, Jennifer (Combined Law Enforcement Associations of Texas (CLEAT))
Wilkerson, John (Texas Municipal Police Association (TMPA))
For:
Lundy, Scott (Arrow Child and Family Ministries, Texas Alliance of Child and Family
Services)
Walters, Rachel (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services (TACFS))
On:
Perdue, Jim (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Billodeau, Allison (Texas Alliance of Child and Family Services)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Hicks, Sarah (BCFS Health and Human Services)
Reddington, Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Stinnett, Samantha (Upbring)
Sullivan, Ray (First Day Foundation)
Van de Putte, Leticia (San Antonio Chamber of Commerce)
Against:
Ayres, Monica (Citizens Commission on Human Rights Texas)
Bentley, Christin (Self)
Blachowski, Aileen (Self)
Newman, Anne (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Epstein, Tyler (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Boyda, Mira (Self)
Lary, Trey (Allen Boone Humphries Robinson LLP)
Pendleton, DJ (Texas Manufactured Housing Association)
Phenix, Billy (Texas Land Developers Association)
Against:
Aragonez, Alexa (City of Houston)
Mueller, Laura (City of Dripping Springs)
Patterson, T. J. (City of Fort Worth)
Sparks, Clifford (City of Dallas)
Weist, Jon (City of Irving)
Wells, Hope (San Antonio Water System)
Wright, Christine (City of San Antonio)
Wynn, Monty (Texas Municipal League)
Against:
Burke, Daniel (Self)
Fenoglio, David (Self)
Honsingrr, Rebecca (Self)
Skinner Phillips, Pamela (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Stautory Probate Judges of Texas)
Against:
Honsinger, James (Self)
Powell, Michael (Self; Moat Enterprises)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Reddington, Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
For:
Garza, Robert (Americans for Judicial Accountability)
Higgins, Kelly (Hays County Criminal District Attorney’s Office)
Lundy, Jennifer (Texans for Judicial Accountability)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Suehs, Charles (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Lenau, Kristen (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault)
Medina, Lisa (Texas Council On Family Violence)
Parsons, Jarvis (Self)
Putman, Jacob (Self; Smith County Criminal District Attorney's Office)
Wilson, Thomas (Self; Smith County Criminal District Attorneys Office)
Against:
Champagne, Taran (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Stautory Probate Judges of Texas)
For:
Brock, Lara (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Assoc.)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Herman, Guy (Stautory Probate Judges of Texas)
Reddington, Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Deline, Steven (Self)
Herman, Guy (Self)
Joseph, Leigh (Self)
Against:
Reddington, Kevin (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Medical Liabilty Trust)
Yarbrough, Brian (Texas Alliance for Patient Access)
For:
Ayres, Shannon (Self; Citizens Defending Freedom)
Baggish, Stuart (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Bentley, Christin (Self)
Blachowski, Aileen (Self; Texas Education 911)
Brown Rodriquez, Tami (Self; Jaco Booyens Ministries)
Ginn, Charlie (Self; Texas trial lawyers association)
Glover, Ami (Self)
Long, Heather (Self; Heather Long Law PC (Dallas, Texas))
McDonald, Callie (Self)
Newman, Anne (Self)
Ray, Jaden (Self)
Sartor, Kathryn (Self)
Woolsey, Timothy (Self)
On:
Exter, Monty (Association of Texas Professional Educators)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Bresnen, Steve (Self)
Castilla, Cindi (Self; Texas Eagle Forum)
Flowers, Stacie (Self)
Hunt, Daniel (Self; SREC Committeeman SD3)
Lindstrom, Debbie (Self; Citizens Defending Freedom)
Lundy, Jennifer (Self)
Rodriquez, Daniel (Self)
Schulte, Tara (Self; Citizens Defending Freedom)
Valliant, Susan (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Against:
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Beneski, Amy (Texas Association of School Administrators)
Cardwell, Margo (Texas Civil Justice League)
Griffith, Carrie (Texas state teachers association)
Harris, Dwight (Self)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Civil Justice League)
Williams, Paige (Texas Classroom Teachers Association)
For:
Blanchard, Adam (Self; Double Diamond Transport & Tanager Logistics)
Lucio, Eddie (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Owen, Autumn (Self; The Fuentes Firm)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Against:
Bolding, Amy (Self)
Cedeno, Julizandra (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Cedeno, Lyzandra (Self)
Chalker, Candace (Self)
Contreras, Emri (Self)
Craft, Hunter (Self; TTLA)
Eiland, Craig (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Gerred, Cynthia (Self)
Gibbs, Drew (Self; Gibbs & Crivelli, Slingshot Law - Injury Attorneys)
Graham, Trisha (Self)
Hamby Mulkey, Ashley (Self)
Holm, Anthony (Self)
Jenkins, Jessie (Self)
Limon, Victoria (Self)
Linebaugh, Dan (Self)
Love, Mike (Self)
Lovins, Michael (Self)
Martin, Matt (Self)
McCart, Robert (Self)
McElduff, Nicole (Self)
Medina, Joe (Self)
Monk, Jordyn (Self)
Moye, Will (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Perdue, Jim (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Pierson, Bradley (Self)
Scott, Jodi (Self)
Spring, Gary (Self)
Spring, Krista (Self)
Tamez, Laura (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Turkett, Ty (Self)
Vela, Lori (Self)
Walker, Jack (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Webb Sibley, Ashley (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texss)
Bair, Ronald (Self)
Betts, Albert (Insurance Council of Texas)
Cardwell, Margo (Texas Civil Justice League)
Castro, Desiree (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Davis, Doug (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texa Construction Association)
Grace, Jim (UPS)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Grace, Jim (Werner Enterprises)
Grace, Jim (Aurora Innovation)
Grace, Jim (Acuity Insurance)
Grimes, Michael (Texas Aggregate and Concrete Association)
Hassenflu, Alan (Houston Region Business Coalition)
Hi,l, Jarrett (Texas Farm Bureau Insurance)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Hughes, Rob (Texas Forestry Association)
Knapp, Jennie (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
Laine, Dale (Self)
Lary, Trey (Self)
Lee, Christopher (North Texas Commission)
Lively, Lance (Texas Package Stores Association)
Luparello, Marti (Sysco)
Luparello, Marti (Germania Farm Mutual Insurance Association)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
McDougald, Kolton (Texas Chemistry Council)
Meroney, Mike (Chubb, Inc.)
Messer, Caroline (AT&T)
Meyers, Lucas (The Travelers Companies, Inc. and Subsidiaries)
Moore, Dana (Texas Trucking Association)
Moore, Julie (Oxy)
Morris, Joe (Texas Forestry Association)
Oberbeck, Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Phenix, Billy (Allstate Insurance Company)
Pitts, Jr, John (UPS)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Association of Staffing)
Reagan, Karen (Texas Alliance of Nonsubscribers)
Scott, Bruce (State Farm)
Simmons, Carrie (Liberty Mutual)
Smith, Mark (Self; Hunt Companies Inc)
Snowden, Tara (Zachry Corporation)
Spilman, Tom (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
Spratt, Molly (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Strama, Keith (ExxonMobil)
Tahuahua, Geoffrey (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Villarreal, Faith (Texas Association of Business)
Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Williams, Thomas D. (Tommy) (Self)
Woomer, Eric (Precast Concrete Manufacturers Association of Texas, Texas Crane Ownership
Association)
Yarbrough, Brian (EAN Holdings LLC and Affiliates (dba Enterpise Mobility))
Zapata, Mireya (Lumbermen's Association of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Jones, Amber (Self; Texas AFL-CIO)
Joseph, Leigh (Self)
Navarrete, Marie (Self)
Shelley, Adrian (Public Citizen)
Sprague, Jason (Self)
Sprague, Jessica (Self)
Strama, Keith (Self; Texas Surplus Lines Association)
Taylor, Brent (Teamsters Local Union 745)
Traylor, Melissa (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Joseph, Leigh (Self)
On:
Shackelford, Wesley (Texas Indigent Defense Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Caldwell, Katelyn (Harris County Commissioners Court)
Castro Garcia, Josie (Dallas County)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Harris, Ashley (United Ways of Texas)
Haynes, Adam (Conference of Urban Counties)
Herman, Guy (Stautory Probate Judges of Texas)
Kay, Cicely (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Meyer, Cole (Texas Appleseed)
Shannon, Melissa (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Syed, Sarah (Self; Woori Juntos)
Tamayo, Elisa M. (El Paso County)
Thompson, Rick (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)
On:
Gallahan, Russell (Comptroller of Public Accounts)
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