WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
May 7, 2025 - 7:00 AM
For:
Bair, Ronald (Self)
Barrash, Jay (Self)
Blanchard, Adam (Self; Double Diamond Transport & Tanager Logistics)
Bondurant, Robert (Self)
Butler, Brett (Self)
Christian, George (Texas Civil Justice League)
Detlefsen, Barry (Self; Coastal Transport Co., Inc.)
Embertson, Dave (Self; Erling)
Esparza, John (Texas Trucking Association)
Fuentes, Juan (Self)
Hamer, Glenn (Texas Association of Business)
Hardin, Paul (Texas Food & Fuel Association)
Isbell, JJ (Self; Texas TransEastern)
Kincaid, Kal (Self; Texas Materials, a CRH company)
Luke, Ronald (Self)
Ormond, Ross (Self; Offenhauser & Co. Insurance)
Parsley, Lee (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Patterson, Ben (Self; Patterson & Associates Insurance Agency)
Pitts, Wes (Self; USI Southwest, Inc.)
Randol, Dale (Self; IBC Insurance Agency)
Reza, Alexis (Self; Border Trucking compliance Group)
Serach, David (Chalk Mountain Services of Texas, LLC)
Silverman, Cary (American Tort Reform Association)
Sizemore, Samantha (Self)
Soule, Dee (Self)
Trabulsi, Richard (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Warren, Lisa (Self)
Weaver, Stephen “Kyle” (Self; Transportation Resource Management)
Webb, Andy (Self; Watkins Insurance Group)
Webb, Pete (Self; UPS Industrial)
Woolf, William (Self; Davis Crane Group)
Against:
Adams, Will (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Albright Smith, Monica (Self)
Aldous, Charla (Self)
Ardalan, Ard (Self)
Blake, Brianna (Self)
Blake, Jennifer (Self)
Bland, Lorianne (Self)
Boecking, Brent (Self; Procare)
Boecking, Neil (Self; Pro care)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Cohen, Shmariyahu (Self)
Davis, John (Self)
DeVere, Ross (Self)
Eiland, Craig (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Fregia, Brandon (Self)
Garrison, Keath (Self)
Gray, Kristi (Self)
Heller, Doug (Consumer Federation of America)
Holm, Anthony (Self)
Kennedy, J. Kevin (Self)
Loewy, Adam (Self)
Meyer, Allan (Self; Elevate Brain Injury & Mental Health)
Milburn, Sarah (Self)
Moye, Will (Self; TTLA)
Norman, Sasha (Self)
Perdue, Jim (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Price Gallaread, Roberta (Self)
Resnick, Lena (Self)
Schneider, Mandy (Self)
Slovak, Katrina (Self)
Sprague, Jason (Self)
Sprague, Jessica (Self)
Tamez, Laura (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
Taylor, Kylie (Self)
Tubbs, Lindsey (Self)
Valente, Mark (Self)
Walker, Jack (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
On:
Cole, William (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Abel, Matt (Texas Economic Development Council)
Albright, Steven (AGC of Texas)
Allen, Sara (Germania Insurance)
Allen, Sara (Sysco)
Avera, Ashley (Texas Cable Association)
Bell, Mark (Association of Electric Companies of Texas)
Blake, Frances (Texas Assocation of Builders)
Boraud, Lauren (Self; IBC Bank)
Borgelt, Roger (Self; Citizens Against Lawsuit Abuse of Central Texas)
Borskey, Mark (Self; Texas Recreational Vehicle Association)
Carr, Mindy (Oncor)
Christian, George (Texas Association of Defense Counsel)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Collins, Genevieve (Americans for prosperity)
Cruz, Velma (Comcast)
Davis, Doug (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
DeAngelo, David (RaceTrac, Inc.)
Del bosque, Nora (SCI)
DeWitt, Cathy (General Motors)
Ellmer, Mindy (TRT Holdings/Omni)
Ellmer, Regan (Independent Insurance Agents of Texas)
Emerick, David (JPMorganChase)
Fagan, Jennifer (Texas Construction Association)
Fuller, Drew (Texas Farm Bureau)
Grace, Jim (Werner Enterprises, Acuity Insurance, UPS, Aurora)
Green, Kelley (Self; Texas Cotton Ginners Association)
Greener, Jerome (Texas Public Policy Foundation)
Harris, Deborah (Self)
Heldenfeis, Fred (Self; Heldenfels Enterprises)
Hill III, Billy (CenterPoint Energy)
Holzheauser, Craig (Transocean)
Horn, Sarah (National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB))
Hubert, Martin (Texas Poultry Federation)
Hubert, Martin (Texas Pork Producers)
Hughes, Rob (Texas Forestry Association)
Jackson, Wroe (Texas Association of Manufacturers)
Kearns, Dennis (Texas Railroad Association)
Laine, Dale (Self)
Lee, Christopher (North Texas Commission)
Mason, Jackie (Texas Propane Gas Association)
McBeth, Kelly (Self; Howard Energy Partners)
McCord, John (Texas Retailers Association)
McCord, Mia (Texas Chemistry Council)
Meroney, Shannon (Self; National Association of Benefits and Insurance Professionals
(NABIP-TX))
Meroney, Shannon (Chubb)
Messer, Caroline (AT&T)
Meyers, Lucas (The Travelers Companies, Inc. and Subsidiaries)
Moore, Dana (Texas Trucking Association)
Moore, Julie (Oxy)
Norman, Jr., M. Scott (Texas Association of Builders)
Oberbeck, Tulsi (Texas Oil and Gas Association)
Omey, Samantha (ExxonMobil)
ORyan, Anne (AAA Texas)
Paylor, Ryan (Texas Independent Producers & Royalty Owners Association (TIPRO))
Romo, Joel (Texas Ambulance Association)
Rose, Denise (Vulcan Materials)
Ross, Susan (Johnson & Johnson)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Saenz, Luis (Protecting american consumers together)
Saxon, Lucinda (Texas Association of Staffing)
Saxon, Lucinda (Texas Alliance of Nonsubscribers)
Schieffer, Tracy (Self; A.L. Helmcamp, Inc.)
Serna, Ed (Texas Mutual Insurance Company)
Shannon, Fred (Texas Medical Liability Trust)
Sims, Taylor (UPS)
Smith, Curtis (Texas Nursery & Landscape Association)
Smith, Mark (Self; Hunt Companies Inc)
Smith, Mark (Tropicana Homes)
Spilman, Tom (Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas)
Stewart, Scott (American Council of Engineering Companies of Texas)
Strama, Keith (Texas Surplus Lines Association)
Streufert, Kelsey (Texas Restaurant Association)
Sullivan, Ray (Quanta Services Inc.)
Tahuahua, Geoffrey (Associated Builders and Contractors of Texas)
Tips, Robert (Self)
Tredway, CJ (Independent Electrical Contractors of Texas)
Van Arsdale, Corbin (AGC-Texas Building Branch)
Whitehurst, Darren (Texas Automobile Dealers Association)
Williams-Eugene, Nzingha (USAA)
Woodard, Shayne (Valero Energy)
Woomer, Eric (Precast Concrete Manufacturers Association of Texas, Texas Crane Owners
Association)
Yancy, Justin (Texas Business Leadership Council)
Yarbrough, Brian (EAN Holdings, LLC and its Affiliates (dba Enterprise Mobility))
Zapata, Mireya (Lumbermen's Association of Texas (LAT))
Against:
Cervantes, Priscilla (Self)
Dally, Devyn (Self)
Deline, Steven (Self)
Dishon, Cody (Self)
Ferguson, Tim (Self)
Fluitt, Jeff (Texas chiropractic association)
Garemko, Kelly (Self)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Association of Neurological Surgeons)
Hillert, Bobby (Texas Orthopaedic Association)
Jeneby, Thomas (Self)
Kuwamura, Frank (Self)
Levy, Leigh Anne (Self; MEDISYS REHABILITATION INC.)
Marks, Robet (Self)
Melton, John (Self)
Miller, Aaron (Self)
Mintz, Josh (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
Against:
Needham, Allyn (Self)
Pedevilla, Michael (Self)
Quiroz, Ben (Self; Hq health)
Rosenstein, Jacob (Self)
Smith, Jacob (Southwest Pipe Trades Association)
Vidouria, Christine (Self)
Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)
Wentland, Carolyn (Self)
On:
Parkinson, Thomas (Self)
Stewart, Clayton (Texas Medical Association)
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