South Texas Chapter

www.fbasouthtexas.org

A Message from the Chapter President

The South Texas Chapter of the Federal Bar Association is dedicated to serving the needs of attorneys who practice in the Southern District of Texas. Established in 1959, the South Texas Chapter has become the second largest chapter of the FBA in Texas, with a membership of more than 300. Our members come from private practice, government agencies, military branches, local law schools, and the local courts.

The chapter holds monthly CLE luncheons with speakers ranging from federal judges, U.S. attorneys, heads of federal agencies, and lawyers involved in prominent federal cases. The chapter is committed to improving federal practice, and this year, the chapter will help the Southern District formulate guidelines on electronic filing. The chapter is also committed to public service, and will continue to distribute and update its popular Senior Citizens Handbook, a booklet that its members edited. Every year, the chapter hosts a gala dinner honoring all the federal judges of the Southern District. Proceeds from the dinner are used by the chapter to fund fellowships to law students.

I invite you to join us at any of our events. If you have not already done so, I invite you to join the Federal Bar Association and the South Texas Chapter.

Drew B. Tipton
South Texas Chapter President

Recent Events

Monthly CLE Luncheons— The South Texas Chapter is committed to providing to its members interesting speakers and topics at the monthly CLE luncheons. Monthly membership meetings are held the third Thursday of the month at the offices of Locke, Liddell & Sapp, L.L.P., Chase Tower, 600 Travis Street, 25th Floor Conference Room, Houston, Texas, 11:45 a.m. - 1 p.m. One hour of CLE credit is available.

Future Featured Speakers and Topics:

February 19 — L.M. Sixel, business reporter and columnist for the Houston Chronicle, Joseph Ahmad, partner with
Ahmad, Zavitsanos & Anaipakos, P.C., and Leigh Ann Nicas, public relations manager for Fulbright & Jaworski will present The Media and Your Client: Perspectives from The Reporter, The Lawyer and the Public Relations Manager.

March 18 — Andy Taylor, the winning lawyer in the recent Texas redistricting case will discuss the case that has garnered such national attention.

April 15 — Immediate past chapter president, Roger Greenberg, and Bill Boyce will discuss the case they argued recently (against one another) in the U.S. Supreme Court.

Registration: Reservations can be made by sending an e-mail to marichardson@earthlink.net or call Mary Richardson at (281) 313-3139.
FBA Member: $15 (4 days in advance), $20 at the door
Non-Member: $20 (4 days in advance), $25 at the door
Judicial Clerks: $8 (4 days in advance), $10 at the door
Judges & magistrates are invited to attend as FBA guests.
Make check payable to Federal Bar Association and mail to:
Mary Richardson, FBA - South Texas Chapter, P. O. Box 17145, Sugar Land, TX 77496-7145.
For questions regarding the monthly luncheons, call: (281) 313-3139
The South Texas Chapter sends monthly luncheon notices via e-mail. If you have not been receiving you notice, please update your e-mail address by clicking here. If you are not a member of the FBA and the South Texas Chapter and would like to received lunchoen notice, click here.

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Chapter News

The South Texas Chapter is also committed to public service. The Chapter offers Blask Public Service Fellowships to law students who serve as volunteer interns for federal judges and agencies in Houston. The Fellowships are in Memory of Ronald J. Blask, a former U.S. attorney and Magistrate Judge in Houston. The Fellowship award provides financial assistance to students who have secured a federal government Summer internship. Information regarding the 2004 Fellowship applications was sent to local area law schools in February 2004.

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Related Links

State Bar of Texas
http://www.texasbar.com/

Houston Bar Association
http://www.hba.org/

Federal Court Links
http://www.uscourts.gov/links.html

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