State Bar of Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 30, 2009
Contact: Kim Davey, 800.204.2222 x 1713 or 512.427.1713
Austin Attorney Terry Tottenham Named President-Elect of State Bar of
Texas;
Dallas Attorney Jennifer Evans Morris Named President-Elect of TYLA
AUSTIN – State Bar of Texas officials tonight announced
that Terry Tottenham
of Austin was elected by the state’s lawyers to serve as president-elect.
Jennifer Evans Morris
of Dallas was elected president-elect of the Texas Young Lawyers Association
(TYLA).
Terry Tottenham is partner-in-charge at Fulbright &
Jaworski L.L.P.'s Austin office, and head of the firm’s Pharmaceutical
and Medical Device Litigation Group. He is board certified in personal injury
and civil trial law. Tottenham has served on the State Bar of Texas Board
of Directors, as founder and first chair of the Health Law Section,
and chair of the Litigation Section. He is a fellow of the American College
of Trial Lawyers, International Academy of Trial Lawyers, and the International
Society of Barristers. Tottenham has served in leadership positions with
the American Board of Trial Advocates, Austin Bar Association, Austin Bar
Foundation, American Academy of Healthcare Attorneys, Texas Bar Foundation,
Texas Board of Legal Specialization, and the Texas Young Lawyers Association
(TYLA). He has developed and delivered continuing legal education programs
for lawyers and created a nationwide training program to develop trial advocacy
skills for public interest and pro bono lawyers. He is an adjunct professor
at the University of Texas School of Law and is active in civic affairs.
He earned a B.S. from the University of Texas, J.D. from the University
of Texas School of Law, and LL.M. from George Washington University. He
will serve as president of the State Bar of Texas from June 2010 until June
2011.
Jennifer Evans Morris
is a partner at Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P. in
Dallas where she practices complex commercial litigation. She served as
TYLA secretary in 2007-08. Morris has been an active member of the TYLA
Board of Directors and Dallas Association of Young Lawyers Board of Directors
since 2004. She has served on the Community Partners of Dallas Executive
Committee and Board of Trustees since 2003 and is a member of the grant
committee of the Dallas Women’s Foundation. Morris earned her B.A.
and J.D. from Southern Methodist University. She will serve as TYLA president
from June 2010 until June 2011.
Also elected to the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors are Mark G. Daniel of
Evans, Daniel, Moore & Evans in Fort Worth, Allan K. DuBois of the Law Office of Allan
K. DuBois, P.C. in San Antonio, Damon
D. Edwards of Linebarger Goggan Blair & Sampson, LLP
in Houston, Bethew (Bert)
Jennings III of the Jennings Law Group in Houston, and
Travis J. Sales
of Baker Botts L.L.P. in Houston. Visit www.texasbar.com
for additional election information.
The State Bar of Texas is an administrative
agency of the Supreme Court of Texas that provides educational programs
for the legal profession and the public, administers the minimum continuing
legal education program for attorneys, and manages the attorney discipline
system.
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