Chair`s Letter - General Practice, Solo and Small Firm
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Chair`s Letter - General Practice, Solo and Small Firm
STATE BAR OF TEXAS Council of the General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section Chair Chair Elect Vice Chair Brandon Earp 304 Walnut Street Bowie, Texas 76230 (940) 872-8500 [email protected] Leigh Meineke 8955 Katy Freeway, Suite 205 Houston, Texas 77024 (713) 463-6000 [email protected] Emily Miller 108 East Baker Street Brownwood, Texas 76801 (325) 646-7685 [email protected] Secretary-Treasurer Greg Gossett PO Box 911 San Angelo, Texas 76902-0911 (325) 653-3291 [email protected] Immediate Past Chair Kevin Mutscher P.O. Box 1118 Brenham, Texas 77834 (979) 836-3636 [email protected] Terms Expire 2015 Charles Awalt, Plano Erich Birch, Austin Linda Hoak, Tyler Sonya Hoskins, Dallas Gary Reaves, Keller Terms Expire 2016 Carmen Samaniego, San Antonio Tom Curtis, Harlingen Philip Mack Furlow, Denton Walter Hofheinz, Dallas Stephen Smith, Houston Terms Expire 2017 Ron Bunch, Waxahatchie Stephen Schulte, Kerrville Kyle Lewis, Dumas Zollie Steakley, Sweetwater John Roades, Wharton Ex-Officio Members James Mosley, Borger Joyce Stevens, Arlington Thelma Clardy, Dallas Digest Editor Ron Beal, Waco Institute Director Michael Rogers, Waco Board Advisor Richard Elliott, Fredericksburg Alternate: Sara E. Dysart, San Antonio Webmaster Charles H. Awalt, Dallas [email protected] Spring 2015 Dear Members: This edition marks my last as Chair of the Section and I express my gratitude to Professor Ron Beal for continuing to keep the General Practice Digest operating smoothly. The Section is fortunate that his work and that of the editors of each substantive area requires little oversight. During the past several years, the Council has been active in attempting to pass on information to the Section's Members. We now are pleased to have a “man on the inside,” as our own Councilmember Philip Mack Furlow has been elected to serve as Large Section Representative on the State Bar Board of Directors. With Philip Mack on the Bar Board we should have unprecedented and up-to-the-minute access to the goings-on at the State Bar. This will prove a valuable commodity for our section members as we will have much more timely information on matters that concern us all. As you know from the past, our Section puts on excellent CLE programs and will continue to do so this spring and summer. First, of course, is the General Practice Institute on April 24, 2015 at Baylor Law School, Waco, Texas. This is an excellent program covering a cross-section of practice areas that general practitioners deal with on a day-to-day basis. Next will be the CLE program that we put on at the State Bar Annual Meeting in San Antonio on June 18, 2015. In four quick hours, our Section sponsors speakers on wide range of topics that are current and on-point for our ever-changing practice. I encourage all our members and your colleagues to attend these excellent CLE seminars. You won't find any more pertinent information to your general practice than that provided in these seminars. It has been a privilege to serve as Section Chair this year. I thank you all for your membership and encourage you to get involved with the Bar through our section, your local bar associations or at the State level. The more good lawyers who are engaged in the process, the better our Bar will be. Brandon S. Earp, Chair