WITNESS LIST

            Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee

            March 18, 2013 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess

            HB 8

                 For:

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

                 On:

                                 Barr, Geoff (Office of the Texas Attorney General)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Duncan, David (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Eppes, Brian (Tarrant County District Attorney's Office)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIP)

                                 Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Association for the Protection of Children)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Mullican, Norma (Refuge of Light)

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                                 Waldon, Barbara (Refuge of Light)

                                 Wendell, Ware (Texas Watch)

                                 Wood, Justin (Harris County District Attorney's Office)

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

            HB 154

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                 On:

                                 Rogers, Joel (Office of the Attorney General-Child Support Division)

            HB 469

                 For:

                                 Kirkland, Steven (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Ramon, Maria Elena (Office of Court Administration)

            HB 1016

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 For:

                                 Exter, Monty (The Association of Texas Professional Educators)

                                 Melina Raab, Ted (Texas AFT)

            HB 1254

                 For:

                                 Gilroy, Kelly (American Legal Finance Association)

                                 Hirschfeld, Harvey (Chairman of American legal finance association.  (ALFA)))

                                 Schuller, Eric (Self; Oasis Legal Finance)

                                 Tillman, Pat (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Deadrick, June (CenterPoint energy)

                                 Ritchie Robnett, Leslie (Alfa American Legal Finance Association)

                                 Saenz, Luis (Alliance for Responsible Legal Funding)

                                 Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell)

                                 Walker, Kwame (The Alliance for Responsible Legal Funding)

                                 Yelkin, Kim (American legal finance association)

                 Against:

                                 Brophy, Rick (Self)

                                 Jones, Neal T. " Buddy" (United states chamber of commerce)

            HB 1272

                 For:

                                 Sabo, Jason (Children at Risk)

                 On:

                                 Barr, Geoff (Office of the Texas Attorney General)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allmon, Jennifer (The Texas Catholic Conference, the Roman Catholic Bishops of Texas)

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Duncan, David (Texas Baptist Christian Life Commission)

                                 Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)

                                 Kenderdine, Marshall (Texas Pediatric Society)

                                 Lara, Rene (Texas AFL-CIP)

                                 Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Association for the Protection of Children)

                                 Maxey, Glen (Texas Democratic Party)

                                 Mullican, Norma (Refuge of Light)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)

                                 Tays, Steven (Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office)

                                 Waldon, Barbara (Refuge of Light)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1278

                 For:

                                 Garcia, Carlos Omar (79th Judicial District Attorney)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 On:

                                 Edmonds, Shannon (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)

            HB 1445

                 For:

                                 Sales, James B. (Texas Access to Justice Commission)

                                 Sanchez, Margarita (Self)

                 On:

                                 Guzman, Eva (Supreme Court)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Cavazos, Perla (TLSC)

                                 Setliff, Aaron (The Texas Council on Family Violence)

                                 Sims, Carol (Texas Civil Justice League)

                 On:

                                 Prud'homme, Tommy (Office of the Attorney General)

                                 Torres, Betty (Texas access to JusticebFoundation)

            HB 1513

                 For:

                                 Adelstein, Sherri (Self)

                                 Hinojosa, Laura (Self)

                                 Kiel, Teresa (Self)

                                 Mitchell, Cynthia (Self)

                 On:

                                 Rothermel, John (Stewart Title Guaranty Company)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Allison, Jim (County Judges and Commissioners Association of Texas)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Hudman, Joyce (Brazoria County Clerk)

                                 Jackson, Jim (Self; Kofile Preservation)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

                                 Woodburn, Caroline (Potter county district clerk)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

            HB 1595

                 For:

                                 Baker, Thurbert (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)

                                 Brophy, Rick (Self)

                                 Brophy, Rick (Self; U S Chamber of Commerce)

                                 Hall, Jeff (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Gilroy, Kelly (American Legal Finance Association)

                                 Hirschfeld, Harvey (Chairman of American legal finance association.  (ALFA)))

                                 Schuller, Eric (Self; Oasis Legal Finance)

                                 Tillman, Pat (Self)

                 On:

                                 Byrd, Jason (Texas Trial Lawyers Association)

                                 Hutchings, Sealy (Office of Consumer Credit Commissioner)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Barber, Kathy (NFIB/Texas)

                                 Bennett, Richard A. (Tony) (Texas Assn of Manufacturers)

                                 Berndt, Trey (AARP)

                                 Borskey, Mark (General Electric)

                                 Chatelle, Melody (United Ways of Texas)

                                 Cooper, Kevin (AIA -American Insurance Association)

                                 Golemon, Kinnan (Shell Oil Company)

                                 Hammond, Bill (Texas association of business)

                                 Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)

                                 Jones, Neal T. " Buddy" (United states chamber of commerce)

                                 Kaufman, Lisa (Texas civil Justice League)

                                 Kearns, Dennis (BNSF Railway)

                                 Pearce, Amber (Pfizer)

                                 Roberts, Cary (US Chamber Institute for Legal Reform)

                                 Ross, Susan (Self; State Farm Insurance)

                                 Ruckel, Mari (Texas Oil and Gas Association)

                                 Scott, Bruce (State Farm)

                                 Thomason, David (Leading Age Texas and Texas Senior Advocacy coalition)

                 Against:

                                 Ritchie Robnett, Leslie (Alfa American Legal Finance Association)

                                 Saenz, Luis (Alliance for Responsible Legal Funding)

                                 Vane, Mark (Gardere Wynne Sewell)

                                 Yelkin, Kim (American legal finance association)

            HB 1922

                 For:

                                 Simpson, David (Self; Texas Assn. Domestic Relations Offices)

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                                                                                    WITNESS LIST

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Bresnen, Steve (Texas Family Law Foundation)

                                 Dahill, John (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)

                                 Martinez, Diana (TexProtects, The Texas Association for the Protection of Children)

                                 Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)

                                 Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)

                                 Sisk, Cathy (Harris County)

                 On:

                                 Page, Johnnie Beth (Department of Family and Protective Services)

            HB 2064

                 For:

                                 Cromwell, Dennis (Texas process servers association)

                                 Weeks, Carl (Self)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beard, Amy (Professional Civil Process of Texas)

                                 Craft, Lon (TMPA)

                                 Jackson, Jim (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justice of the peace and constables association of texas)

                                 Martinez, Mario A. (Justice of the Peace & Constable Asso.)

                                 Pool, Leslie (Justices of the Peace and Constables Assoc.)

            HB 2067

                 For:

                                 Cromwell, Dennis (Texas process servers association)

                 Against:

                                 Lopez, Carlos (Self; Justice of the peace and constables association of texas)

                 Registering, but not testifying:

                 For:

                                 Beard, Amy (Professional Civil Process of Texas)

                                 Jackson, Jim (Self)

                                 Weeks, Carl (Self)

                 Against:

                                 Martinez, Mario A. (Justice of the Peace & Constable Asso.)

                                 Pool, Leslie (Justices of the Peace and Constables Assoc.)

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