Criminal Justice Section
2024-2025 Council Members
Current Council Members
CHAIR: Hon. Diane Rosaura Navarrete (El Paso)
VICE CHAIR: Hon. Audrey Moorehead (Dallas)
SECRETARY: Stacey M. Soule (Austin)
TREASURER: Jennifer Tharp (New Braunfels)
IMMEDIATE PAST CHAIR: Hon. Rob Cañas, Jr. (Dallas)
BOARD ADVISOR: Kenda L. Culpepper (Rockwall)
ALTERNATE BOARD ADVISOR: Michael J. Wynne (Houston)
COUNCIL MEMBERS – TERMS EXPIRE 2025
Hon. Sid Harle (San Antonio)
Megan Molleur (Austin)
Philip Mack Furlow (Lamesa)
COUNCIL MEMBERS – TERMS EXPIRE 2026
Hon. Jessica Vazquez (El Paso)
Nelson Ebaugh (Houston)
James McDermott (Alpine)
COUNCIL MEMBERS – TERMS EXPIRE 2027
Brian Middleton (Richmond)
Steve Keathley (Corsicana)
Isidro (Chilo) R. Alaniz (Laredo)
EX OFFICIO COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS LIAISON: Hon. Jesse F. McClure, III (Houston)
LAW SCHOOL LIAISON:
Q. Dwight McDonald (Lubbock)
Past Chairs
2023-2024 Hon. Rob Cañas, Jr.
2022-2023 Hon. Lisa Michalk
2021-2022 Philip Mack Furlow
2020-2021 Dwight McDonald
2019-2020 Jack Strickland
2018-2019 Kenda L. Culpepper
2017-2018 Hon. Sid Harle
2016-2017 Christy Jack
2015-2016 Christy Jack
2014-2015 Hon. Douglas W. Skemp
2013-2014 Matt Powell
2012-2013 David L. Botsford
2011-2012 Hon. Rose G. Reyna
2010-2011 Bill R. Turner
2009-2010 J. Craig Jett
2008-2009 Hon. Larry Gist
2007-2008 Rene Guerra
2006-2007 Jack V. Strickland
2005-2006 Hon. Kristin Wade
2004-2005 Robert N. “Rob” Kepple
2003-2004 Randy Wilson
2002-2003 Hon. Carroll E. Wilborn, Jr.
2001-2002 David P. Weeks
2000-2001 Betty Blackwell
1999-2000 Hon. Molly Meredith Francis
1998-1999 Barry Louis Macha
1997-1998 Clifton Lee Holmes
1996-1997 Hon. Robert J. Vargas
1995-1996 Stephen F. Cross
1994-1995 Dain P. Whitworth
1993-1994 Hon. Gerry Holden Meier
1992-1993 Gerald Wayne (Jerry) Cobb
1991-1992 R. Timothy Evans
1990-1991 Hon. W. T. McDonald, Jr.
1989-1990 C. Chris Marshall
1988-1989 R. Michael Brown
1987-1988 Hon. Robert D. Jones
1986-1987 Bruce Roberson
1985-1986 Richard Alan Anderson
1984-1985 Hon. Oliver S. Kitzman
1983-1984 Arthur (Cappy) Eads
1982-1983 Kerry P. FitzGerald
1981-1982 Hon. Chuck Miller
1980-1981 Jim Keeshan
1979-1980 Jack J. Rawitscher
1978-1979 Hon. Larry Gist
1977-1978 Alton Griffin
1976-1977 C. Anthony Friloux, Jr.
1975-1976 Hon. Archie Brown
1974-1975 Tom L. Hanna