Commissioners/Staff

Contact the Texas Access to Justice Commission

1414 Colorado
Austin, Texas 78701

tel 512.427.1855
toll free 800.204.2222 x1855
fax 512.427.4160
email atjmail@texasbar.com

Elma Garcia
Executive Director
Julia Cortez
Office Manager Hannah Silk Kapasi
Program Attorney

Hong Tran Escobar
Director, Texas Lawyers Care Hannah Allison
Administrative Assistant Brian McGiverin
Program Attorney

Kimberly Schmitt
Communications Manager
512-320-0099, Ext. 104 Kathy Casarez
Administrative Assistant Catherine Nahay
Program Developer

Lisa Villarreal-Rios
Program Attorney

Supreme Court Appointments

Harry M. Reasoner, Chair
Vinson & Elkins LLP
Term: 2012 Charles W. Matthews
Exxon Mobil Corporation
Term: 2010 Richard L. "Dick" Tate
Tate, Moerer & King, LLP
Term: 2012

James B. Sales, Chair Emeritus
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
Term: n/a Justice Harriet O'Neill
Supreme Court of Texas Liaison
Term: n/a Chief Justice Linda B. Thomas
Fifth Court of Appeals
Term: 2012

Michelle Mei-Hsue Cheng
Whitehurst, Harkness, Brees, Cheng & Imhoff, P.C.
Term: 2012 Judge Dean Rucker
318th District Court
Term: 2010 Ambassador Pamela P. Willeford
Term: 2011

Paul E. Furrh Jr.
Lone Star Legal Aid
Term: 2011 Errol Summerlin
Legal Aid of NorthWest Texas
Tern: 2010

State Bar Appointments

Jeanne C. "Cezy" Collins
Kemp Smith LLP
Term: 2011 Clint Harbour
Office of the Attorney General
Term: 2010 Randall O. "Randy" Sorrels
Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Sorrels & Friend
Term: 2012

Mary Faithfull
Advocacy, Inc.
Term: 2010
Judge Katie Kennedy
Greenway Mediation Center
Term: 2010
Marc E. Vockell
Dell, Inc.
Term: 2012

Beverly Godbey
Gardere Wynne Sewell LLP
Term: 2012

Ex-Officio Members

Senator Rodney Ellis
Texas Senate
Term: n/a
B. Keith Ingram
Office of the Governor
Term: n/a
Representative Aaron Peña
Texas House of Representatives
Term: n/a