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BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

   
Ike Vanden Eykel
President
Firm: Koons, Fuller, Vanden Eykel & Robertson, P.C.
Address: 2311 Cedar Springs Rd., Ste. 300
City/St/Zip: Dallas TX 75201
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Barry Sorrels
President-Elect
Firm: Sorrels, Udasen & Anton
Address: 2301 Cedar Springs Road, Ste. 400
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75201
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Paul K. Stafford
First Vice President
Firm: The Stafford Law Firm
Address: 325 N. St. Paul, Suite 1875
City/St/Zip: Dallas, Texas 75201
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Sally Crawford
Second Vice President
Firm: Jones Day
Address: 2727 N. Harwood Street
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75201
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Wesley Young
Secretary-Treasurer
Firm: Premier Institute
Address: 8909 Mt. Rainer Dr.
City/St/Zip: Plano, TX 75025
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Christina Melton Crain
Immediate Past President
Firm: Christina Melton Crain, P.C.
Address: 5521 Greenville Ave., Ste. 104-944
City/St/Zip: Dallas TX 75206
Term Expires: 12/2010

Directors

   
Scott McElhaney
Chair
Firm: Jackson Walker L.L.P.
Address: 901 Main Street, Ste. 6000
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75202
Term Expires: 12/2011

   
Bradley C. Weber
Vice Chair
Firm: Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell LLP
Address: 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200
City/St/Zip: Dallas, 75201-6776
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Jerry C. Alexander
Director
Firm: Passman & Jones, P.C.
Address: 1201 Elm Street, Suite 2500
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75270
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Hon. Jane Boyle
Judicial At Large
Firm: U.S. District Court
Address: 1100 Commerce Street
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75242

   
Wm. Frank Carroll
Director
Firm: Cox Smith Matthews Incorporated
Address: 1201 Elm Street, Suite 3300
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75270-2102
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
E. Leon Carter
Director
Firm: Munck Carter, P.C
Address: 12770 Coit Road, Suite 600
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75251
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Rob Crain
Director
Firm: Crain Lewis, L.L.P.
Address: 3400 Carlisle, Suite 300
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75204
Term Expires: 12/2011

   
Laura Benitez Geisler
Director
Firm: Geisler Hays, LLP
Address: 2911 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 940
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75219
Term Expires: 12/2011

   
Jennifer Edgeworth
President, DAYL
Firm: Hermes Sargent Bates, LLP
Address: 901 Main Street, Suite 5200
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75202
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Michael K. Hurst
Director
Firm: Gruber Hurst Johansen & Hail LLP
Address: 1445 Ross Avenue, Suite 2500
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75202
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Hon. Marty Lowy
Director
Firm: 101st Judicial District Court
Address: 600 Commerce Street, Suite 685
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75202
Term Expires: 12/2009

   
Karen D. McCloud
President, J.L. Turner Legal Association
Firm: Karen McCloud, Attorney at Law
Address: 1401 Elm Street, Suite 4585
City/St/Zip: Dallas, Texas 75202
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Jose Ortiz
President, Dallas Hispanic Bar Association
Firm: U.S. Department of Education - Office for Civil Rights
Address: 1999 Bryan Street, Suite 1620
City/St/Zip: Dallas, Texas 75201
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Mary L. Scott
Director
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Hope Shimabuku
President, DAABA
Firm: Research in Motion
Address: 5000 Riverside Drive Building 6, Suite 100
City/St/Zip: Irving, TX 75039
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Scott Stolley
At Large
Firm: Thompson & Knight LLP
Address: 1722 Routh Street, Suite 1500
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75201-2533

   
Diane Sumoski
Director
Firm: Carrington, Coleman, Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P.
Address: 901 Main Street, Suite 5500
City/St/Zip: Dallas, Texas 75202
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Debra K. Thomas
Director
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Michele Wong Krause
Director
Firm: Wong Krause & Associates
Address: 5646 Milton, Suite 640
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75206
Term Expires: 12/2010

Advisory

   
Kim Askew
American Bar Association Delegate
Firm: K&L Gates
Address: 1717 Main Street, Suite 2800
City/St/Zip: Dallas TX 75201

   
Hon. Douglas S. Lang
American Bar Association Delegate
Firm: Fifth District Court of Appeals
Address: 600 Commerce Street, Suite 200
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75202-4658
Term Expires: 8/2010

   
Eunice Kim Nakamura
President-Elect, DAABA
Firm: Vincent Lopez Serafino Jenevein, P.C.
Address: 2001 Bryan Street, Suite 2000
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75201
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Hon. Teresa Guerra Snelson
President-Elect, Dallas Hispanic Bar Association
Firm: Associate Judge, Civil District Courts
Address: 600 Commerce Street, Suite 4106
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75202
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Penelope Brobst Blackwell
President-Elect, DAYL
Firm: Greenberg Traurig, LLP
Address: 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75201
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Eric C. Blue
President-Elect, J.L. Turner Legal Association
Firm: Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
Address: 1700 Pacific Avenue, Suite 4100
City/St/Zip: Dallas, TX 75201-4675
Term Expires: 12/2010

   
Talmage Boston
State Bar Director
Firm: Winstead PC
Address: 5400 Renaissance Tower, 1201 Elm Street
City/St/Zip: Dallas TX 75270
Term Expires: 6/2011

   
Beverly B. Godbey
State Bar Director
Firm: Gardere Wynne Sewell
Address: 1601 Elm St., Ste. 3000
City/St/Zip: Dallas TX 75201
Term Expires: 12/2009

   
Timothy W. Mountz
State Bar Director
Firm: Baker Botts, L.L.P.
Address: 2001 Ross Ave., Ste. 600
City/St/Zip: Dallas TX 75201
Term Expires: 6/2010

   
Rob Roby
State Bar Director
Firm: Curran Tomko Tarski LLP
Address: 2001 Bryan Street, Ste. 2050,
City/St/Zip: Dallas TX 75201
Term Expires: 6/2011

   
Mark K. Sales
State Bar Director
Firm: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis LLP.
Address: 1717 Main St., Ste. 2800
City/St/Zip: Dallas TX 75201
Term Expires: 8/2010

   
P. Michael McCullough
Tax Counsel to DBA
Firm: Thompson & Knight, L.L.P.
Address: 1700 Pacific Ave Ste. 3300
City/St/Zip: Dallas TX 75201
Term Expires: No Term

   
Catharine M. Maher
Executive Director
Firm: Dallas Bar Association
Address: 2101 Ross Ave.
City/St/Zip: Dallas TX 75201
Term Expires: No Term

 

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