Tarrant County Bar Association
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Features 3 Women in the Law 13 12 Attorneys Celebrateof 50 Years Practice 21 Law Firm Security Departments 1 President's Page 4 YLA Snapshot 5 100 Club 6 Calendar of Events 7 Lawyers on the Move & in the News 8 In Memoriam Massie Tillman & James Shaw Sr. 9 LegalLine 12 Judicial Profile 14 Texas Lawyers for Texas Veterans 15 CLE Corner 15 A Word from Our Sections 16 Snippets 19 Membership Report 19 Benefits of Membership & Vendor List 20 Lawyer Referral & Information Service News 24 Other Association's News & Information
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Directors
Term Ends 2017
Tawana Gray Gary L. Medlin Jason C. N. Smith Term Ends 2018
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Cody L. Cofer Veronica C. Law Lu Pham
2016-2017 Appointed Directors Raul A. Canez Julie A. Sladek
Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association President
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Advertiser's Index Alfred Santos.................................................................20 Family Access Services................................................20 Hutchison & Stoy PLLC...................................................4 JurisFabrilis............................................................20 KoonsFuller.......................................Inside Front Cover Law Offices of Steven C. Laird, P.C............................18 LawPay..................................................................21 LexisNexis..........................................Inside Back Cover Parker Law Firm............................................................11 Stephens Anderson & Cummings............Back Cover Texas Lawyers' Insurance Exchange.......................24 Tindall Square Office Complex..................................24
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2016-2017 Officers President...............................Robert G. West President-Elect....................Nick Bettinger Vice President...........................Lance Evans Secretary-Treasurer...................John Cayce
2016 Fall
Susan Smith 2017 Spring
Tennessee Walker
Immediate Past President David E. Keltner
Executive Director Patricia Graham, PLS, CLAS
Ex-Officio Members State Bar of Texas, Directors Gary L. Nickelson Curtis Pritchard ABA Delegate Janna Clarke
Bar Bulletin John F. Murphy Editor H. Dennis Kelly Assistant Editor April Holland Staff Editor/Graphics/Production The Tarrant County Bar Bulletin is a monthly publication of the Tarrant County Bar Association. Articles, photos, suggestions or comments should be directed to: april@tarrantbar.org 1315 Calhoun Street ▪ Fort Worth, TX 76102-6504 Deadline for submission is the 20th day of the month, two months prior the date of the issue (e.g. March 20 for the May issue). Items for publication may be emailed to april@tarrantbar.org in Word format. Articles published in the Bar Bulletin do not necessarily re�lect the opinions of the Tarrant County Bar Association, its of�icers, or the Board of Directors. Advertisements, and feature articles should not be considered an endorsement of any service, product, program, seminar or event.