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May-June 2022
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Baylor Law Welcomes Stephanie Mabry as Director of Development
Stephanie Dunnam Mabry joined Baylor Law as its Director of Development in the Spring of 2022. She received her Bachelor of Arts in History and Political Science from Baylor University and a Master of Arts in Politics and Society in Historical Perspective from Utrecht University in the Netherlands. . . Full Story
Baylor Lawyer Cindy V. Tisdale Elected President-Elect of the State Bar of Texas
Baylor Lawyer Cindy V. Tisdale, JD ’95, of Granbury was sworn in as President-Elect of the State Bar of Texas during the State Bar’s Board of Directors meeting on June 9, 2022. Tisdale will serve as the Bar’s President from June 2023 to June 2024. She is the owner and principal of the Law Office of Cindy V. Tisdale and is Of Counsel at Lynch, Chappell & Alsup in Midland. . . Full Story
Baylor University Honors Professor Jeremy Counseller as Outstanding Faculty for 2021-2022
Baylor University has selected Professor of Law Jeremy Counseller to receive the 2021-2022 Outstanding Faculty Award for Teaching. . . Full Story
Adjunct Professor David Deaconson Honored as 2022 Outstanding Mentor of Texas
 2022 Outstanding Mentor of Texas, David Deaconson (Second from Right) with (L-R) Karen Deaconson, Jeanine Rispoli, Founding Partner of Rispoli & Altman Law, PLLC and Immediate Past President of the Texas Young Lawyers Association, and Stephen Rispoli, Assistant Dean of Student Affairs and Strategic Initiatives at Baylor Law, at the State Bar of Texas Annual Meeting in Houston on June 10th.
Adjunct Professor David Deaconson, JD ’83, has been honored by the Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) as the 2022 Outstanding Mentor of Texas. TYLA honored Deaconson for his dedication to mentoring young lawyers and furthering the importance of mentoring in the legal profession. . . Full Story
One of the cornerstones of Baylor Law’s high profile is the support it receives in the form of generous gifts. Join the Baylor Law Legacy Challenge and your gift can receive a boost of up to $25,000. Visit Baylor.edu/Law/Legacy to learn more.
Rachel Rickel Takes the Title of Summer 2022 Mad Dog Champion
 Winner of the final round of the Summer 2022 Mad Dog Mock Trial Competition at Baylor Law Rachel Rickey (2nd from Right) with Presiding Judge, Hon. Jack W. Jones, Jr, JD ’79, District Judge for the 146th District Court of Texas (Right), and Scoring Judges, Matthew Maupin, JD ’22 (Left) and Kinsey Lakey, JD ’21 (2nd from Left).
Baylor Law student Rachel Rickel has been named Baylor Law’s most recent ‘Mad Dog’ after winning the Summer 2022 Mad Dog Mock Trial Competition. Fellow student Lexie Ammons was the finalist. . . Full Story
Assistant District Attorney for Brazos County, Ryan Calvert, Offers First Voir Dire Boot Camp to Baylor Law Students
Baylor Law Students With Volunteer Faculty at the First-Ever Voir Dire Boot Camp.
How does a prosecutor or defense counsel ensure that the jurors are well-suited to decide the case on trial? That is the objective of a successful voir dire — and the aim of ADA Ryan Calvert’s first-ever Criminal Voir Dire Boot Camp offered to Baylor Law students. . . Full Story
University of Georgia School of Law student Haley Kairab is Baylor Law’s Top Gun National Mock Trial Competition Champion for 2022
 The Winning Team from the University of Georgia School of Law, Following the
Winner Announcement of Top Gun XIII.
After three grueling days of rigorous competition, Haley Kairab of the University of Georgia School of Law was declared the winner of Top Gun XIII, the thirteenth annual iteration of Baylor Law’s intense National Mock Trial Competition. . . Full Story
3L Lizzie Allen Earns Highly Competitive Equal Justice Works Fellowship
Baylor Law 3L Lizzie Allen was recently selected to receive a highly selective Equal Justice Works Fellowship. She will provide direct representation and advocacy for students with disabilities at risk of, and currently navigating, the juvenile justice system. . . Full Story
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Dick P. Wood Jr., JD ’65, has served as the prosecutor for the City of University Park for 55 years. His father, Dick P. Wood Sr., JD ’33, was the City Attorney for the City of University Park for 37 years.
John D. Sloan, JD ’80, with Sloan, Hatcher, Perry, Runge, Robertson, Smith & Jones in Longview, was elected to the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors.
J. Cary Gray, JD ’83, will transition from Managing Partner to Chairman of Gray Reed in January 2023. Gary has served as the firm’s Managing Partner since 2006. Under his leadership, the firm has doubled in size, expanded to Waco, and built an operational structure to maximize efficiency and profitability.
Alan Vickery, JD ’86, has joined Bowman and Brooke LLP as partner in their new Plano, Texas, office. Alan brings 25 years of experience navigating the large pharmaceutical and medical device field. He has been awarded the Life Sciences Star for 2012-2021 and Leading Life Sciences Lawyer for 2021-2022 by LMG Life Sciences and the Litigation Star for 2016-2021 by Benchmark Litigation.
Glenn Callison, JD ’88, with Munsch Hardt, was individually recognized by Chambers USA 2022 in the practice of Real Estate.
John Meredith, JD ’88, Chief Operating Officer with Chamberlain Hrdlicka in Houston, was named one of the top 50 chief operating officers (COO) nationwide during the 2022 OnCon Icon Awards held on May 12, 2022. Award winners were selected by their peers in the COO community. Voters selected COOs they felt demonstrated a good mix of success and positive impact on their organization and/or previous organizations and made strong contributions to the COO community through thought leadership, innovation, and leadership.
Lisa L. Havens, JD ’93, has been named chief legal officer of Baylor Scott & White Health.
Katie Smith Anderson, JD ’94, was recently selected to serve as the Deputy Member in Charge for Clark Hill’s Dallas office.
Tracy Norton, JD ’94, will join the Louisiana State University Law faculty this fall teaching Legal Research & Writing. She has been teaching at Touro Law Center in Long Island, New York, since 2007.
Erik Walker, JD ’94, is now with Thomas J. Henry Law’s Austin office practicing in Personal Injury and Premises/Product Liability.
Cindy V. Tisdale, JD ’95, with the Law Office of Cindy V. Tisdale in Granbury and Of Counsel to Lynch, Chappell & Alsup in Midland, was elected State Bar of Texas President-Elect and was sworn in during the Board of Directors meeting on June 9. Cindy is board certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She served as 2013-2014 chair of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors. She also served as chair of the Texas Bar Foundation from 2017 to 2018 and chair of the State Bar Family Law Section from 2017 to 2018. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a fellow in the American Academy of Family Law Specialists, a fellow in the International Academy of Family Law Specialists, a member of the Texas Bar College, and a member of the Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas.
Craig Cherry, JD ’99, with Steckler, Wayne, Cochran, Cherry PLLC in Waco, was elected to the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors.
Marissa M. Allen, JD ’03, with Martin Walker PC, earned a place on Lawdragon’s list of 500 Leading Plaintiff Consumer Lawyers for 2022. She earned the recognition for her work in personal injury and civil appellate law for which she was board certified in 2011.
Brannon Dillard, JD ’03, recently joined Shackelford, Bowen, McKinley & Norton, LLP as a partner in the firm’s Houston office.
Michael Blue, JD ’05, serves as President and General Counsel of the Ron Blue Institute. He is co-author of the book, Master Your Money: A Step-by-Step Plan for Experiencing Financial Contentment.
Lawrence Morales II, JD ’05, with the Morales Firm PC in San Antonio, was elected to the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors.
Brittani W. Rollen, JD ’05, has joined the Trial and Appellate Litigation practice of Jackson Walker as senior counsel in their Fort Worth office. Brittani was named among Thomson Reuters’ Super Lawyers as a Texas Super Lawyer (2019-2021) and a Top Woman Attorney in Texas (2020). She has also been recognized among the 2021 “Top Attorneys” lists for appellate law in Fort Worth Magazine and 360 West Magazine.
Chris Drymalla, JD ’06, has joined Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LP in Austin as partner in the firm’s intellectual property practice.
Travis J. Odom, JD ’06, has joined Duane Morris LLP as a partner in the firm’s Employment, Labor, Benefits and Immigration Practice Group in Houston.
Alison Ashmore, JD ’07, of Dykema Gossett PLLC, earned a spot among the commercial litigators under age 40 honored by Law360 as Rising Stars.
Kenneth “Tray” P. Gober III, JD ’08, was recently named managing partner at Austin-based Lee, Gober & Reyna.
Katie Filmore, JD ’09, special counsel with Duane Morris in Austin, was appointed by the State Bar of Texas to serve as the Texas Young Lawyers Association Liaison to the Texas Access to Justice Commission. Katie currently serves as director of District 8 for the Texas Young Lawyers Association.
Hon. Lauren Renee Sepulveda, JD ’11, Municipal Court Judge for the City of McAllen, was elected to membership in the Fellows of the Texas Bar Foundation. She will also serve as chairwoman of the 2022-2023 Board of Directors of the Texas Young Lawyers Association.
Andrea Broyles, JD ’12, was promoted to senior counsel at Bracewell in Dallas. She focuses on complex commercial litigation, government investigations, and internal investigations.
Anneke Cronje, JD ’13, with Winstead PC in Fort Worth, has been promoted to Of Counsel.
Lauren McDonald, JD ’13, is working as Senior Counsel (Employment) for Tenet Healthcare Corporation in Dallas.
Andrea M. Palmer, JD ’13, VP of Legal & Compliance with Higginbotham Insurance Agency, Inc., was recently named to serve on the Executive Board of Directors for Big Brothers Big Sisters Lone Star. Andrea has served as a Big Sister/Mentor for the past three years. She was also named “Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year” by the Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association.
Kyle Beckrich, JD ’17, was selected to receive the John Marshall Award for Exceptional Work to Defend Challenges to the President’s 2018 Invocation of Section 232. The John Marshall Awards are the Department of Justice’s highest awards offered to attorneys for contributions and excellence in specialized areas of legal performance.
Tara LeDay, JD ’17, joined the Houston office of Chamberlain Hrdlicka’s bankruptcy, restructuring, and creditor rights practice.
Ali Mosser, JD ’19, has joined the Fort Worth office of Cantey Hanger.
Andrew Martinez, JD ’20, is an associate attorney in the Community Associations Law section of RMWBH Attorneys and Counselors at Law in Austin.
Tristan Kaisharis, JD ’21, joined the Corporate, Securities/M&A Practice Group in Winstead’s Austin office.
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Graddy Tunnell, JD ’50, Full Obituary
David D. Mullies, JD ’66, Full Obituary
Theodore Leonard “Ted” Tittsworth, JD ’67, Full Obituary
William David Scales, JD ’79, Full Obituary
James Andrew Hensarling, JD ’84, Full Obituary
Lori Kaye Weems-Evers, JD ’94, Full Obituary
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BAYLOR LAW HOMECOMING BREAKFAST
October 22, 2022
7:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Baylor Campus
Lawn in front of Morrison Constitution Hall
Hosted by Baylor Law Alumni Association
No registration required.
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There are many more upcoming alumni events! Visit the Baylor Law Alumni Association Events webpage for a full list of upcoming Baylor Law alumni events.
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Baylor Law, Alumni Relations, One Bear Place #97288, Waco, Texas 76798
254.710.8357 | baylor.edu/law/alumni
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