Professionalism Committee
Created in 1990Purpose
To identify factors that influence professionalism and to develop and recommend to the State Bar Board of Directors ways to improve professionalism with particular attention to the professional development of new lawyers.
2019-2020 Objectives
Continue the annual statewide Day of Civility program
Promote State Bar of Texas Mentoring Network
Distribute Texas Lawyers’ Creed posters and pamphlets upon request by lawyers and judges
Formalize partnership of law schools with professionalism committees
Present at the Bar Leaders Conference
Finalize judges’ CLE project
Staff Contact
Justine Carreon
Communications Project Coordinator
(512) 427-1726
Fax: (512) 427-4237
professionalism@texasbar.com
2019-2020 Committee Members
| Name | Company | City |
|---|---|---|
Suzanne M. Duvall (CHAIR) | Burdin Mediations |
Dallas |
Justice Douglas S. Lang (VICE CHAIR) |
| Dallas |
Rickey Joe Brantley | BrantleyPelley, PLLC |
Fort Worth |
Roy Dayton Brantley | West Webb Allbritton & Gentry |
College Station |
David Canales | 73rd District Court, Bexar County, Texas |
San Antonio |
Jessica Craft | Thompson Coe Cousins & Irons, LLP |
Houston |
Stephanie Culpepper | ORIX Corporation USA |
Dallas |
George Edwards | Edwards Sutarwalla PLLC |
Humble |
Sean Tetsuo Hamada | Hamada Smith, PLLC |
Addison |
Dana Harbin | Dedman Law, PLLC | Grapevine |
Al Harrison | Harrison Law Office PC | Houston |
Robert Higgason | City of Houston Legal Department | Houston |
David Vernon Jones | Akerman LLP | San Antonio |
Eleanor Meltzer | Cedar Park | |
Nabil Majed Nachawati | Fears | Nachawati Law Firm | Dallas |
Julie Pennington | Law Office of Julie Pennington | Austin |
D. J. Seidel | Darwin DJ Seidel, PLLC | Houston |
Caitlin Sewell | University of North Texas | Denton |
John Shaw | Law Office of John W. Shaw, PLLC | San Antonio |
Larry Robert Spain | Texas Tech University School of Law | Lubbock |
Sarah Springer | The Springer Law Firm, PLLC | Katy |
James David Walker |
Jim Walker & Associates, PLLC | Rockwall |
David Philip Whittlesey | Shearman & Sterling LLP | Austin |
Allen Linn Williamson | Boyd Powers & Williamson |
Decatur |
Lauren Christy (Advisory) | Jones, Galligan, Key & Lozano, L.L.P. |
Weslaco |
Liza Alice Greene (Advisory) | Laura Dale & Associates, P.C. |
Houston |
