State Bar of Texas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2014

MEDIA CONTACT
Lowell Brown, communications division director
State Bar of Texas
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State Bar of Texas to honor Houston individuals, organizations at Annual Meeting

AUSTIN — Presentations of awards honoring exceptional service to the public and the legal profession will be a highlight of the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting, to be held June 26-27 at the Hilton Austin and Austin Convention Center.

The following Houston individuals and organizations are among those being honored:

  • David A. Chaumette, Trailblazer Award, presented by the State Bar of Texas African American Law Section
  • Timothy Crooks, Gregory S. Coleman Outstanding Appellate Lawyer Award, presented by the Texas Bar Foundation
  • Mark Frenkel, Richard Alderman Award for CLE Excellence, presented by the State Bar of Texas Consumer and Commercial Law Section
  • Chief Justice Kem Thompson Frost, 14th Court of Appeals, Judge Merrill Hartman Pro Bono Judge Award, honoring a judge, sitting or retired, who has provided exemplary pro bono service.
  • L. Henry Gissel Jr., Distinguished Texas Probate Attorney Lifetime Achievement Award, presented by the State Bar of Texas Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section
  • Warren W. Harris, Gene Cavin Award, presented to a person who has made substantial contributions to the State Bar continuing legal education program.
  • Angelica M. Hernandez, Certificate of Merit. A council member of the State Bar of Texas Hispanic Issues Section, Hernandez helped create a successful continuing legal education program, raise more than $5,000 in sponsorships, and unify the various Hispanic bar associations and law schools with the Hispanic Issues Section.
  • Houston Bar Association, Star of Achievement Award, for its Constitution Day programs; and Outstanding Partnership Award, for working with the Greater Houston Area Special Olympics on a number of events.
  • Houston Volunteer Lawyers (a service of the Houston Bar Association), Pro Bono Award, honoring a volunteer attorney organization that has made an outstanding contribution toward guaranteeing access to the legal system by the poor. In 2013, Houston Volunteer Lawyers provided in-person, one-on-one legal advice at no charge to approximately 4,000 applicants, including more than 1,900 U.S. veterans or spouses of deceased veterans.
  • Stephen K. Huber, Justice Frank G. Evans Award, presented by the State Bar of Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Section
  • Andrea Johnson, Barbara Culver Award, presented by the State Bar of Texas Women and the Law Section
  • Leif Olson, President’s Award of Merit, presented by the Texas Young Lawyers Association
  • Alex B. Roberts, Outstanding First Year Director, presented by the Texas Yong Lawyers Association
  • Robin Russell, Louise B. Raggio Award, presented by the State Bar of Texas Women and the Law Section
  • Victor R. Scarano, M.D., J.D., Outstanding Law Review Article Award, presented by the Texas Bar Foundation
  • Jay Stubbs, Leon Jaworski Award for Teaching Excellence, presented to educators who have made an outstanding contribution to law-focused education and whose programs foster understanding of the values of our legal and judicial systems. Stubbs has been a legendary force among debate programs and builds a passion within students for law-focused education through his debate teams.
  • Travis Torrence, John C. Akard Community Service Award, presented by the State Bar of Texas Bankruptcy Law Section
  • Wendy Trachte-Huber, Justice Frank G. Evans Award, presented by the State Bar of Texas Alternative Dispute Resolution Section

For more information about the Annual Meeting, visit www.texasbar.com/annualmeeting.

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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. For more information, visit www.texasbar.com.