HBA President's Award for Outstanding Service
2024 Award Winners
Bench Bar Conference Committee:
Hon. Dena Palermo
Hon. Michael Gomez
Hon. Hazel B. Jones
Joe W. Bailey
Collin Cox
Kelly Sandill
County Law Library Committee:
Hon. Frances Bourliot
Hon. Julie Countiss
Leslie Tan
Andre Davison
Mariann Sears
Gender Fairness Committee and Champions of the Lactation Pods Initiative:
Hon. Cheryl Elliott Thornton
Akilah Craig
Carter Dugan
Stephanie Noble
Commissioner Lesley Briones
Hon. Latosha Lewis Payne
Hon. Michael Gomez
Hon. R.K. Sandill
Membership Committee:
Bailey Bridges
Anthony Franklyn
Raj Mahadass
Samantha Torres
The Houston Lawyer Editorial Board:
Liz Malpass
Outstanding Service to the HBA:
Hon. Kyle Carter
Hon. Rabeea Collier
Rocio Mendoza
Energy Law Section:
Melissa Munson
Family Law Section:
Tasha Wilson
Labor & Employment Law Section:
Nehal Anand
Litigation Section:
Louie Layrisson
Exemplary Service to the Legal Profession and the Community
Benny Agosto, Jr.
Abraham, Watkins, Nichols, Agosto, Aziz & Stogner
2023 Award Winners
Law & the Media Committee:
Dean Leonard M. Baynes, University of Houston Law Center
Prof. John Greil, The University of Texas School of Law
Daniella Landers, Womble Bond Dickinson (US) LLP
Michelle Morris, South Texas College of Law Houston
Prof. Elsa Ransom, Thurgood Marshall School of Law
Christopher Tritico, Tritico Rainey, PLLC
Houston Volunteer Lawyers:
Anne Chandler, Executive Director
David E. Harrell, 2023-2024 Chair