austinbar.org NOVEMBER 2018 | VOLUME 27, NUMBER 9
Join Us in Honoring Retiring Judge Orlinda Naranjo of the 419th Travis County District Court
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t the end of 2018, after 24 years on the bench, Judge Orlinda Naranjo is retiring. Please join the Austin Bar Association in thanking her for her long and esteemed career of service by attending a reception in her honor on Thursday, November 15, from 5:30 – 7:30 p.m. at the UT Club. Food and drinks will be served and parking is included. The event is a fundraiser supporting two nonprofits that are near and dear to Judge Naranjo’s heart: Volunteer Legal Services and the Austin Bar Foundation. VLS will establish a fellowship in Judge Naranjo’s name. The Judge and her husband, Jim Ewbank, will match the first $10,000 raised. Show your thanks to her, and your support for these organizations, with a sponsorships at one of the following levels: • $5,000 (Level 1)—16 Tickets • $2,500 (Level 2)—8 Tickets • $1,000 (Level 3)—6 Tickets • $500 (Level 4)—4 Tickets • $250 (Level 5)—2 Tickets Register at austinbar.org, or send a check to DeLaine Ward at 816 Congress Ave., Suite 700, Austin, TX 78701. Make
The event is a fundraiser supporting two nonprofits that are near and dear to Judge Naranjo’s heart: Volunteer Legal Services and the Austin Bar Foundation. checks payable to the Austin Bar Foundation/Judge Naranjo event. Please include your firm logo or name as you want it to appear on event materials. Individual tickets may also be purchased for $50. Judge Naranjo became judge of Travis County Court at Law No. 2 in 1996, before being elected to the 419th District Court in 2006. Her vast professional and community involvement includes being appointed by the Texas Supreme Court to serve on the State Commission on Judicial Conduct and the Texas Judicial Council, for which she has served on numerous committees including the Texas Indigent Defense Commission and as chair of the Texas Juvenile Justice Committee. She has served in many executive board positions and was elected Vice-President of Districts for the National Association of Women Judges (NAWJ). In October 2018, she chaired the NAWJ
NOV 15 JUDGE NARANJO’S RETIREMENT PARTY UT CLUB, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m.
Judge Naranjo
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2018 Conference in San Antonio. Judge Naranjo’s career has been dedicated to children. She has coordinated 11 annual NAWJ Color of Justice programs in Texas and Oklahoma to educate high-school students about careers in the law. Since 2002, she implemented, planned, and presided over 16 annual Dating Violence or DUI Mock Trials for over 600 middle school students in nine Travis County schools. This program is now being replicated in Hays County. In 2013, when serving as president of the Robert W. Calvert Chapter of the American Inns of Court, she developed the award-winning Mentoring A Student (MAS) program for students at Travis High School which includes Inn members presenting different monthly programs to encourage students to pursue careers in the justice system. She is co-chair of the annual
National “Do The Write Thing” anti-violence program which provides 7th and 8th grade students the opportunity to examine the effects of violence in their lives by writing essays. As a former board member of Con Mi Madre, she worked to increase the representation of Hispanic girls in post-secondary education by providing comprehensive educational and social services to 6th through 12th grade Hispanic girls and their mothers. She has received many awards including the President’s Award given in September 2018 by the Hispanic Bar Association of Austin. In 2016, she received the Austin Bar Foundation’s David H. Walter Community Excellence Award. Other awards include being named a Fab Five Honoree by the Seedling Foundation, Outstanding Latina Leader Award from Avance, Women of Distinction Award from the Girl Scout Councils of Texas, and the CoraAUSTIN LAWYER AL AL zon Award from Con Mi Madre.