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departments Message 6 President’s Diversity is the Key to Future Success By LAURA GIBSON the Editor 8 From Embracing Diversity By Angela L. Dixon Lawyers Who 36 Houston Made a Difference

Joseph C. Hutcheson, Jr. By The Hon. Mark Davidson

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Spotlight 37 Committee HBA MOILP Program: Providing

Opportunities for Minority 1L Students By Farrah Martinez

the record 38 off Erick Sandlin and His Spray Paint Artistry By Paul Bowers Profile in professionalism 39 ADana O’Brien Senior Vice President and General Counsel, CenterPoint Energy Trends 40 Legal Transfer on Death Deed By Amanda Kreshover

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Qualifying for Medicaid is Utterly Different than Having Medicaid By Farrah Martinez ReviewS 42 Media Mirandized Statements: Successfully

Navigating the Legal and Psychological Issues

Reviewed by The Hon. Josefina M. Rendón

The Oxford Handbook of the U.S. Constitution Reviewed by Preston D. Hutson

The Houston Lawyer

Cover photo: The HBA Ambassadors are a group of 20 young women and men who represent the present and future of the bar. They reach out to groups within and outside the HBA, to talk about how the association can improve their professional and personal development. Seated, from left: Janet Brown, Bradford Crockard, Jamie Sullivan, Farrah Martinez, Jesus Castillon, Precious Owodunni, Simin Sun and Jamila Brinson. Standing, from left: Chris Domingo, Marni Otjen, Rick Anderson, Hillary Holmes, Margot Trevino, Chris Porter, Tracy Penn, Robert Ford, Neal Sarkar, Jenny Nguyen, Ryan Wooten and Scott Kendall. Photo by Ariana Ochoa.

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Lawyer Interrupted: Successfully Transitioning from the Practice of Law and Back Again Reviewed by Judy L. Ney

44 Litigation MarketPlace 45 ‘A Special Day at the Courthouse’


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