Welcome to the Austin Bar & AYLA Leadership Academy
Welcome to the newly formed Leadership Academy, a partnership between the Austin Bar Association and the Austin Young Lawyers Association.
The following attorneys have been selected as the members of the first Austin Bar/AYLA Leadership Academy, which will begin on January 13, 2012. Austin Bar Association President David Chamberlain and the Leadership Academy Co-Chairs, David Courreges and Karin Crump, congratulate each of these extraordinary attorneys and look forward to a terrific program.
| Members of the 2012 Austin Bar/AYLA Leadership Academy | |
| Arturo Aviles, Segal McCambridge Singer & Mahoney | Alex King, Fritz, Byrne, Head & Harrison |
| Sara Brown, The Honorable Harry Lee Hudspeth | Anestasia Kounelias, Office of State Senator Kevin Eltife |
| Gary Cobb, Travis County District Attorney's Office | Robert Lindsey, Dell, Inc. |
| Sam Colletti, Noelke, English, Maples, St. Leger, Blair | Seth Meisel, Ryan Law |
| Brandon Crisp, Fulbright & Jaworski | Savannah Meyer, Carlson Law Firm |
| Sareta Davis, Travis County Attorney's Office | Jessica Mangrum, Thompson Coe |
| Ami Desai, Desai Law Firm | Carsi Mitzner, The Law Firm of Nix, Patterson, & Roach |
| Mary Escamilla, Rubin Law Firm | Katie Ogden, Office of State Senator Jeff Wentworth |
| Monty Exter, Association of Professional Educators | Jorge Padilla, Jackson Walker |
| Dave Floyd, Prism Risk Management | Sally Pretorius, Andrae Law |
| Sara Foskitt, Foskitt Law Office | Susan Salch, Cantilo & Bennett |
| Nikki George, Law Office of Janet McCullar | Karl Seelbach, Winstead |
| Iris Gibson, Haynes and Boone | Jacob Scheick, Almanza, Blackburn & Dickie |
| Zak Hall, Third Court of Appeals | Steve Skarnulis, Cain & Skarnulis |
| Tanisa Jeffers, Bernard & Associates | Daniel Smith, Brown McCarroll |
| Chari Kelly, Office of the Attorney General | Ryan Squires, Scott Douglass & McConnico |
| Erika Kane, Office of the Attorney General | Jana Terry, Greenberg Traurig |
| Jacquelyn Wilson, Law Office of Christopher C. Merritt | |
The Leadership Academy is a six-month program designed to assist Austin-area lawyers in making a difference in both the legal community and the greater Austin community.
The class will begin the year with a mandatory full-day retreat, followed by a series of six lunch meetings, during which participants will network with and enjoy lunch presentations by leaders in federal, state, and local government, public education, nonprofit organizations, and the Bar. The course will culminate with the organization of an optional class project.
| Confirmed Program Speakers (Check back often for updates) | |
| Chief Art Acevedo, Austin Police Department | Mayor Lee Leffingwell, City of Austin |
| Judge Sam Biscoe, Travis County Judge | Judge Amy Clark Meachum, 201st Civil District Court |
| Bob Black, President, State Bar of Texas | Robert Pitman, U.S. Attorney, Western District of Texas |
| Bret Champion, Superintendent, Leander ISD | Larry Sager, Dean, University of Texas School of Law |
| Judge Elisabeth Earle, County Court of Law #7 | U.S. District Judge Sam Sparks, Western District of TX |
| David Escamilla, Travis County Attorney | State Representative Mark Strama, Dist. 50 |
| Machree Gibson, President, Texas Exes | Justice Dale Wainwright, Supreme Court of Texas |
| Judge Barbara Hervey, Court of Criminal Appeals | State Senator Kirk Watson, Dist. 14 |
| Judge Ramey Ko, President Obama's Advisory | |
| Commission on Asian Americans & Pacific Islanders | |
- Friday, Jan. 13, 2012, from 9:00 am to 4:00 p.m. CLE is available and lunch will be provided.
- From 11:45 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on the following dates (all Thursdays): January 26, February 16, March 8, March 29, April 18, and May 10.
Thank you to co-chairs David C. Courreges and Karin Crump. Please direct questions to David at dcourreges@dwlawtx.com or 512-615-2787 or to Karin at karin@lakesidemediation.com or 512-773-9361.
