WITNESS LIST
Judiciary & Civil Jurisprudence Committee
May 19, 2015 - 2:00 PM or upon final adjourn./recess
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
For:
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Valdez, Debby (Self; Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly)
Valdez, Debby (Self; Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly)
On:
Willing, Seana (State Commission on Judicial Conduct)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Baggett, Donnis (Self; Texas Press Association)
Herndon, Patrick (Self; GRADE,GRSDM)
Hood, Kristi (Self)
Romero, Jesse (Common Cause Texas)
Shannon, Kelley (Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas)
For:
Hood, Kristi (Self)
Against:
Guedry, Dale (Texas Court Reporters Association)
Hamon, Deborah (Self)
Morris, Karen (Self)
On:
Willing, Seana (State Commission on Judicial Conduct)
Registering, but not testifying:
Against:
Fuller, Glenda (Self)
High, Curtis (Self)
Moses, Destiny (Self)
Rudd, Tyler (Texas Court Reporters Association)
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For:
Pardue, Craig (Dallas County)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
For:
McAlliste, Patricia (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)
Mock, Nelson (Self)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Heck, Jess (Texas Family Council)
Herndon, Patrick (Self; GRADE,GRSDM)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Sepehri, John (Texas Apartment Association)
Valdez, Debby (Self; Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly)
On:
Guzman, Eva (Supreme Court of Texas)
For:
Hopper, Craig (Self)
Kam, Tom (Self)
McAlliste, Patricia (Self; Texas Access to Justice Commission)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Herman, Guy (Self; Travis County Probate Court)
Herndon, Patrick (Self; GRADE,GRSDM)
Hood, Kristi (Self)
Houston, Joshua (Texas Impact)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Valdez, Debby (Self; Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly)
On:
Guzman, Eva (Supreme Court of Texas)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Koegler, Brenda (Self; League of Women Voters of Texas)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
For:
Fischer, Melissa (Bexar County Criminal District Courts)
Schulze, Julieta (Bexar county centrakl jury room)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herndon, Patrick (Self; GRADE,GRSDM)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Valdez, Debby (Self; Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly)
For:
Reis, Eric (Real Property, Probate & Trust Law section of the State Bar of Texas (REPTL))
For:
Cromwell, Dennis (Self; Texas Process Servers Association)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Burrow, Mark (Self; Texas process servers assn.)
Oakley, Keith (Texas Process Servers Association)
Against:
Gutierrez, Bobby (Self; Justice of the Peace and Constables Association of Texas)
Haverlah, Kirsha (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Herman, Guy (Self; Travis County Probate Court)
Martinez, Mario (Justices of the Peace and Constables Association)
Pantel, Jama (Justice of the Peace and Constable's Association of Texas)
For:
Reis, Eric (Real Property, Probate & Trust Law section of the State Bar of Texas (REPTL))
For:
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
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For:
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Smoot Garrett, Kelley (Self; Americans Against Abusive Probate Guardianship (AAAPG))
On:
Amberboy, Tina (Supreme Court Childrens Commission)
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Travis County Probate Court)
Herndon, Patrick (Self; GRADE,GRSDM)
Hood, Kristi (Self)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
For:
Roach, Nelson (Self; Texas Trial Lawyers Association)
On:
Prud'homme, Tommy (Office of the Attorney General)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Barber, Kathy (Caterpillar)
Embrey, Celeste (Texas Bankers Association)
Garza, Steven (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Gonzalez, Daniel (Texas Association of REALTORS)
Hinkle, Ron (Innovation Alliance)
Hubbard, John (Texas Telephone Association)
Huffman, Jeff (Texas Credit Union Association)
Hull, Mike (Texans for Lawsuit Reform)
Meroney, Mike (Huntsman Corp., and BASF Corp.)
Meyers, Lucas (Texas Cable Association)
Randolph, Ian (Texas Telephone Association)
Scurlock, Stephen (Independent Bankers Association of Texas)
On:
Dower, Benjamin (Office of the Attorney General)
For:
Herman, Guy (Self; Travis County Probate Court)
Hood, Kristi (Self)
Hood, Kristi (Self)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
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WITNESS LIST
For:
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Smoot Garrett, Kelley (Self; Americans Against Abusive Probate Guardianship (AAAPG))
Valdez, Debby (Self; GRADE)
Against:
Olsen, Rory (Self)
On:
Amberboy, Tina (Supreme court childrens commission)
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
For:
Smoot Garrett, Kelley (Self; Americans Against Abusive Probate Guardianship (AAAPG))
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Borel, Dennis (Coalition of Texans with Disabilities)
Clay, Ryan (Self)
Graziani, Cate (Mental Health America of Texas)
Herndon, Patrick (Self; GRADE,GRSDM)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Johnston, Sherry (Self)
Lavelle, Tanya (Easter Seals Central Texas)
Litzinger, Linda (Self)
Mayeaux, Ginger (The Arc of Texas)
Miller, Jeff (Disability Rights Texas)
Sanchez, Joe (AARP Texas)
Sanders, Jolene (Self)
Statman, Rona (Texas Advocates)
Suehs, Thomas (Self)
Valdez, Debby (Self; Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly)
Against:
Herman, Guy (Self; Travis County Probate Court)
Against:
Clark, Ken (Galveston County Commissioners Court)
Lee, Donald (Texas Conference of Urban Counties)
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WITNESS LIST
On:
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Fischer, Melissa (Bexar County Criminal District Courts)
Against:
John, Conrad (Travis County Commissioners Court)
Mendez, Mark (Tarrant County Commissioners Court)
Mitchell, Seth (Bexar County Commissioners Court)
Reed, Charles (Dallas County Commissioners Court)
Simpson, Terry (County judges and commissioners of Texas)
On:
Dower, Benjamin (Office of the Attorney General)
Kepple, Robert (Texas District and County Attorneys Association)
Slayton, David (Office of Court Administration, Texas Judicial Council)
Registering, but not testifying:
For:
Valdez, Debby (Self; Guardianship Reform Advocates for the Disabled & Elderly)
Against:
Squires, William (Bexar County District Attorneys Office)
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