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WITNESS LIST
Jurisprudence
March 18, 2009 - 01:30 PM or upon adjournment
SB  82
 
FOR:
 
Pelaez, Marta B.   President/CEO  (The Battered Women and Children's Shelter),  San Antonio, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Camp, Torie   Deputy Director  (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault),  Austin, TX
 
Daniels, Katrina   Assistant District Attorney  (Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed),  San Antonio, TX
 
Shapleigh, Ballard C.   Assistant District Attorney  (34th Judicial District Attorney Jamie Esparza),  El Paso, TX
 
Travis, Ann   Director of Governmental Affairs  (City of Houston),  Houston, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
Setliff, Aaron   Director of Policy  (The Texas Council on Family Violence),  Austin, TX
SB  83
 
FOR:
 
Clark, Amy   (Self),  Denton, TX
 
Thatcher, Penelope   (Self),  San Antonio, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Camp, Torie   Deputy Director  (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault),  Austin, TX
 
Carlisle, Kristin   Coordinator  (Housing Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Doggett, Robert   (Texas Low Income Housing Information Service),  Austin, TX
 
Epstein, Ruth   (ACLU of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Travis, Ann   Director, Government Affairs  (City of Houston),  Houston, TX
 
Providing written testimony:
 
For:
 
DelGallo, Krista   Policy Manager  (Texas Council on Family Violence),  Austin, TX
 
Mintz, David   (Texas Apartment Association),  Austin, TX
SB  408
 
ON:
 
Wood, Ted   Assistant General Counsel  (Office of Court Administration/Texas Judicial Council),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Parsley, Lee   Attorney  (Texans for Lawsuit Reform),  Austin, TX
SB  431
 
FOR:
 
Bresnen, Steve   (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Austin, TX
 
ON:
 
Key, Alicia   Deputy Attorney General for Child Support  (Office of the Attorney General),  Austin, TX
SB  478
 
FOR:
 
Bresnen, Steve   (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Cox, Heidi Bruegel   (Self),  Fort Worth, TX
 
On:
 
Bailey, Chuck   (District and County Clerks),  Austin, TX
 
Martinez, Farrah   Director of Legislative Affairs  (Harris County District Clerk),  Houston, TX
 
Page, Beth   Director of Program Litigation  (Department of Family and Protective Services),  Austin, TX
SB  491
 
FOR:
 
Balovich, Julie   Attorney - Domestic Violence and Family Team  (Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid),  Alpine, TX
 
DelGallo, Krista   Policy Manager  (Texas Council on Family Violence),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Camp, Torie   Deputy Director  (Texas Association Against Sexual Assault),  Austin, TX
 
Marlin, Justin   Policy Aide  (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
SB  518
 
FOR:
 
Solak, Jennifer   Staff Attorney (also providing written testimony)  (Children at Risk),  Houston, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Daniels, Katrina   Assistant District Attorney  (Bexar County District Attorney Susan D. Reed),  San Antonio, TX
 
Epstein, Ruth   (ACLU of Texas),  Austin, TX
 
Gunter, Samuel   Research Associate  (Texas Criminal Justice Coalition),  Austin, TX
 
Marlin, Justin   Policy Aide  (Texans Care for Children),  Austin, TX
 
Marzullo, Amanda   Policy Analyst  (Texas Fair Defense Project),  Austin, TX
 
Sabo, Jason   Senior Vice President  (United Ways of Texas),  Austin, TX
SB  519
 
FOR:
 
Cox, Heidi   Executive Vice President, General Counsel - The Gladney Center  (Self),  Fort Worth, TX
 
Hernandez, Christi   (Self),  League City, TX
 
Hernandez, John P.   (Self),  League City, TX
 
Walker, Stephen R.   Attorney  (Pro bono Client),  Houston, TX
 
ON:
 
Jenkins, Joan F.   Chair  (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Houston, TX
 
Sampson, John J.   Professor of Law  (Self),  Austin, TX
SB  657
 
AGAINST:
 
Jones, Guilford "Gil"   Judge  (33rd District Court),  Marble Falls, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Mills, Dan   424th District Judge  (Self),  Johnson City, TX
SB  658
 
FOR:
 
Morriss, Josh   Chief Justice  (Sixth Court of Appeals (Texarkana)),  Texarkana, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Reynolds, Carl   Director  (Office of Court Administration),  Austin, TX
SB  659
 
FOR:
 
Worthen, James T.   Chief Justice  (Twelfth Court of Appeals),  Tyler, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Reynolds, Carl   Director  (Office of Court Administration),  Austin, TX
SB  742
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Jenkins, Joan F.   Chair  (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Houston, TX
 
On:
 
Ramon, Mena   General Counsel  (Office of Court Administration),  Austin, TX
SB  780
 
FOR:
 
Bolton, Pamela J.   Director of Policy and Research  (Texas Watch),  Austin, TX
 
Chamberlain, David   Attorney, Chamberlain McHaney Law Firm  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Gammage, Bob   Justice, Supreme Court of Texas (Retired)  (Self),  Llano, TX
 
AGAINST:
 
Parsley, Lee   Attorney  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Jenkins, Joan   Chair  (Texas Family Law Foundation),  Houston, TX
 
McDonald, Craig   Director  (Texans for Public Justice),  Austin, TX
 
Schneider, Michael   Director of Programs  (Texas Association of Broadcasters),  Austin, TX
 
Whalen, Ken   Executive Vice President  (Texas Daily Newspaper Association/Texas Press Association),  Austin, TX
SB  812
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
On:
 
Reynolds, Carl   Director  (Office of Court Administration),  Austin, TX
SB  935
 
FOR:
 
Smith, Judge Robin   Presiding Judge  (Texas Municipal Courts Association),  Midland, TX
 
Registering, but not testifying:
 
For:
 
Coffey, Michael   Associate Judge/Community Court Judge  (Self),  Austin, TX
 
Eads, Arthur C. (Cappy)   City Judge - Salado  (Self),  Salado, TX
 
Robinson, George W.   Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2/Municipal Judge  (Justice of the Peace/Municipal Judge),  Yorktown, TX
 
Vasquez, John   Judge  (Texas Municipal Courts Association),  Austin, TX