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Davis, Cedillo & Mendoza, Inc. is pleased to announce Joseph Korbel as an Associate in the Firm. Joseph Korbel is an Associate Attorney and member of DC&M’s trial team. Mr. Korbel earned his law degree from the University of Kansas School of Law. During law school, Mr. Korbel served as President of the Health Law Society and worked as law clerk for two Kansas City law firms and the Kansas Department of Labor. Mr. Korbel also served as an intern for U.S. District Judge Fred Biery in the Western District of Texas and U.S. District Judge Stephen Bough in the Western District of Missouri.

The second episode of the SABA First Gen Podcast was released on March 13th and featured U.S District Judge Jason Pulliam. Judge Pulliam discusses growing up in Brooklyn, New York and his path to becoming the first African American United States District Judge in the Western District of Texas. Visit the SABA Podcast Page to listen to this episode and other episodes of the podcast.

The dreams of small business owners and the business plans that outline the strategy to fulfill those dreams rarely include the insurance protections that business owners will need. Yet, having adequate protection can help your business succeed, while protecting you and your family from financial risk. Let's consider these key insurance protections.

Rosenthal Pauerstein Sandoloski Agather LLP, a business law firm of highly experienced attorneys dedicated to personally serving clients across a wide array of practice areas, is pleased to announce that Mary V. G. Brown has joined the firm’s business and corporate transactions section as an associate attorney. Ms. Brown received her Bachelor of Arts degree in English with a minor in Political Science from The University of Tulsa, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and her Juris Doctor degree from the University of Houston Law Center, Houston, Texas. Ms. Brown will assist the firm’s clients in various areas of business and corporate transactions, financing transactions and real estate. Prior to joining the firm, Ms. Brown was an attorney with Bagley & Brown PLLC, San Antonio, Texas.

Members will receive their ballots by email today between 3pm-4pm (CST). Click HERE, to read the candidate profiles.

The online election will be conducted April 1-22.  Voting closes on April 22 at 5pm CST. The 2022-2023 Board of Directors will be announced in the May Subpoena.   

We extend our gratitude to the SABA Nomination Committee: Tom Crosley, David Evans, Melissa Fletcher, Eduardo Juarez, Donna McElroy, Lawrence Morales, II and Brian Steward. 

The Law Office of Gilbert Vara, Jr. is pleased to announce that it has moved to The Spectrum Building, 613 NW Loop 410, Suite 840, San Antonio, Texas 78216. They will continue to offer full service, professional legal representation in estate planning, probate and guardianship, litigation, appeals, real estate and corporate matters.

Cowen | Rodriguez | Peacock is proud to announce that Laura Pazin Porter has been named Partner at the firm.

Laura received her J.D. from St. Mary’s University School of Law in 2001 and joined the firm in 2019. She has been named by her peers as a “Texas Rising Star” through Thomson Reuters in 2008, 2009, 2011, and 2012.

The San Antonio law firm of Plunkett, Griesenbeck & Mimari, Inc. proudly announces that Hannah M. Watkins has become a Shareholder. Hannah’s practice focuses primarily of defending companies and individuals involved in catastrophic and personal injury producing events arising out of trucking, oil field, and premises liability accidents.

Schmoyer Reinhard is pleased to announce Dylan A. Farmer has been promoted to partner effective January 1, 2022. Mr. Farmer has been with the firm for over four years and has been an important member of the team working in both the labor and employment and construction litigation practices.

Alvarez was born and raised in a bicultural household in México and moved to the United States in 1979 with her 6-year old son.  She attended college while working as a waitress, a car-rental agent and later, as a blood bank recruiter.  She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) in 1982 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1987.  She is currently enrolled in a Masters of Judicial Philosophy program (LLM) at Duke University School of Law.

The San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame welcomes Justice Patricia O’Connell Alvarez to the Class of 2022 in the Law category.                                           

Alvarez was born and raised in a bicultural household in México and moved to the United States in 1979 with her 6-year old son.  She attended college while working as a waitress, a car-rental agent and later, as a blood bank recruiter.  She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) in 1982 and a Juris Doctor from the University of Texas School of Law in 1987.  She is currently enrolled in a Masters of Judicial Philosophy program (LLM) at Duke University School of Law.