Houston

Chapter

Current Officers

Please note all current officers are in office until 12/31/24

Hon. Caroline E. Baker

President

Hon. Elizabeth "Peach" Ray

President Elect

Mr. Dwaine M. Massey

Foundation Director

Ms. Cindy Diggs

Secretary/Treasurer

Ms. Sherie Potts Beckman

Immediate Past President

2024 National Board Representatives

Hon. Caroline E. Baker
Mr. Dennis Barrow
Mr. Jeff Davis
Mr. Alistair Dawson
Ms. Stacy Garcia
Mr. Donald Hamilton Kidd
Mr. Don Jackson
Mr. Dwaine M. Massey
Mr. Pete T. Patterson
Hon. Elizabeth "Peach" Ray
Joseph Alan Callier - Presidential Appointee
Mr. Charlie Henke - Presidential Appointee
Mr. Bruce Hurley - Presidential Appointee
Hon. Patricia Kerrigan - Presidential Appointee
Eileen O'Neill - Presidential Appointee

Past Presidents

2023 - Sherie Beckman

2022 - Don Kidd

2021 - Alistair Dawson

2020 - Pete Patterson (COVID pandemic year)

2019 - Hon. Erin Lunceford

2018 - Jerry Young

2017 - Gwen Richard

2016 - Joseph Callier

2015 - Kat Gallagher

2014 - Bruce Hurley

2013 - Hon. Pat Kerrigan

2012 - John Kim

2011 - Murray Fogler

2010 - Don Jackson

2009 - Craig Smyser

2008 - Robin Gibbs

2007 - Reagan Simpson

2006 - Richard LaGarde

2005 - Dick Law

2004 - Alice Oliver-Parrott

2003 - Charles B. Holm

2002 - Hartley Hampton

2001 - Daniel A. Hyde

2000 - Julius Glickman

1999 - D. Dudley Oldham

1998 - William E. Matthews

1997 - William E. Matthews

1996 - Paul F. Jensen

- Kenneth Tekell, Sr.

- Ottway Denny

- Nick Nichols

- Henry Geisel

1977 - Gerald Coley

- There were really no records kept until 1996. The Presidents with no dates were in the 1990s.

Houston Upcoming Events

Houston Recent News

Houston 2023 Annual Dinner & Awards Honors Legends in Law

The Houston chapter held its Annual Awards Dinner & New Member induction on Saturday, November 4, 2023, at the Briar Club in Houston. ABOTA

Cynthia Diggs, Champions the Right to In-Person Jury Trials

Houston ABOTA member Cindy Diggs led one of ABOTA’s efforts last year to help preserve the right to trial by jury in the Texas

Manpreet Monica Singh, First Elected Female Sikh Judge in the Nation

In 2023, Houston ABOTA member Manpreet Monica Singh was sworn in as the first elected female Sikh judge in in the United States, and
Harris County Courthouse in historic district of downtown Houston, Texas.

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