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| Aaron Streett |
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“I have the best job in
the world."
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In November of his third year at the University of Texas School of Law,
Streett had already been accepted to clerk for Judge David Sentelle of the
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals for 2002-03. Street decided to apply for a
clerkship at the U.S. Supreme Court for 2003-04.
“The application is the same as for any other court,” Streett
said. He submitted a resume, law school transcript, letters of recommendation,
and a writing sample. “Getting to clerk for the U.S. Supreme Court
is such a long shot,” he said, he sent applications to all nine justices.
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| Durwood Edwards |
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"Either you’re here to have fun or you’re not.”
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| U.S. Magistrate Judge Durwood
Edwards covers a lot of ground. Based in Alpine, he makes the 100-mile
trip to the federal courthouse in Pecos at least twice each week. Like judges
throughout the state, he also helps out where needed. In Edwards’
case, this means sometimes extending his trip to Midland, which is 100 miles
from Pecos and 170 miles from his home. Full
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| Phyllis Randolph Frye |
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| "I've always had to be
an in-your-face advocate." |
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Transgendered attorney and advocate
Phyllis Randolph Frye received the 2002 Judge Norman W.
Black Award from the State Bar Sexual Orientation and Gender Identification
Issues (SOGII) Section at the annual meeting in Dallas.
Frye has been an advocate for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered
people for longer than she has been a lawyer. Full
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| Rhonda Hunter |
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| "I am very honored to be elected as
president of the Dallas Bar Association." |
| — Rhonda Hunter, Dallas attorney |
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In its 129-year-history, the Dallas
Bar Association (DBA) has never had an African-American president. That
is about to change. Rhonda Hunter, a board-certified family
law attorney, was elected president-elect of the DBA and will serve as its
president during 2004.
"I have worked very hard over the years with lawyers in various legal organizations
and in providing service to the public," said Hunter. "I am very honored
to be elected as president of the Dallas Bar Association." Full
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| Jean Johnson |
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| "Watching out for your business
is my business." |
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strives for with her company LegalWatch. The company, founded by Johnson
in 1997, offers preventive law training to corporate and government agencies
to help them avoid mistakes that often force settlements or require litigation.
The program also offers training in the areas of preventive law writing,
factual documentation, positive writing, documenting evidence, and the discovery
process. Full
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| John
Jones |
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| "We are all here for just a very short
time. We can build something and if we do it right, it will be here forever,
long after we're gone. You don't get that many opportunities in a lifetime;
this is one of them." |
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| John Jones
is confident and optimistic. "We're going to do good," says the El Paso
attorney, who chairs the newly-formed Texas Access to Justice Commission.
"The commission is a chance to help the 3.5 million poor Texans who need
legal assistance and cannot help themselves." Full
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| Peggy Kelley |
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| "There’s something about yoga
and its emphasis on balance that has always been very helpful for me." |
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| As a new attorney, Peggy
Kelley opened a solo law practice and placed her name on the county
list for public defenders. The work was hard, the pay inconsistent, and
she found herself involved in cases that as a young attorney she wishes
she had never been a part of. So she decided to limit her practice and open
her own yoga studio. “There’s something about yoga and its emphasis
on balance that has always been very helpful for me,” she says. Full
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| Lulu Flores |
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| "It's important to be part of
your community." |
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the legislative coordinator for the Mexican-American Bar Association, vice
president of public affairs at the MexicArte Museum, is serving her second
term on the diversity and outreach section of the National Women's Political
Caucus, and is immediate past president of the Texas Political Caucus. She
also served two terms as chair of the Women's Advocacy Board and was on
its board for 10 years. Full
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| Thomas Brown |
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| “Many of these people didn’t
have money, but they needed help, and so I helped them.” |
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Since becoming a lawyer 10 years
ago, Brown has represented more than 40 clients referred to him by West
Texas Legal Services, and these cases account for less than half of his
pro bono work. The majority of his clients have been victims of domestic
violence, who are seeking divorces, or are in contested custody battles.
He also takes criminal cases.
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| Louise Raggio |
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"Now, in the eighth decade of
my life," Raggio writes, "I am known by my friends as 'mentor' and 'sage',
and by my enemies, in one of their kinder terms, as 'one tough broad.'"
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began practicing law in 1952, she could not filedocuments for a client under
her own signature or even start her own law practicewithout her husband's
permission. Raggio changed all that by leading the (otherwise all-male)
effort to draft and secure passage of the Marital Property Act of 1967.
"Hers is a story that every law school, every women's studies course, and
every aspiring woman should know," said Ms. Magazine founder Gloria Steinem.
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