President's Message
Rhonda Brashears
Greetings Paralegal Division
Members: The Paralegal
Division’s Annual Meeting took place
on June 27, 2008 in Houston, Texas.
It was a wonderful meeting with
informative CLE, plenty of vendor
booths to peruse, and a very entertaining
luncheon. When the scheduled
key note speaker was detained
out of town, one of the Annual Meeting
Committee members called upon
Richard “Racehorse” Haynes to fill in
and fill in he did. His presentation
on representing high profile clients
was both funny and enlightening.
Following the Annual Meeting the
Incoming Board of Directors began
their board meetings. The 2008–2009
Board of Directors is as follows:
Rhonda J. Brashears, CP, President
Stephanie Hawkes, RP, CIPP, President-
Elect
Chari Turner, CP of Houston—
District 1 Director
Connie Nims of Dallas—District 2
Director
Michele Rayburn, PLS, CLA of Fort
Worth—District 3 Director
Michele Flowers Brooks of Austin—
District 4 Director
Susan Wilen, RN of San Antonio—
District 5 Director
Sheila Veach, CP of Lubbock—
District 6
Director Misti Janes of Amarillo—District 7
Director
Carol Jean Trevino of Corpus
Christi—District 8 Director
(appointed August 12, 2008)
Cheryl Bryan, CP of Beaumont—
Treasurer and District 10 Director
Kimberly Hennessey, CLA of Midland—
District 11 Director
Debbie
Oaks Guerra of Denton—
Parliamentarian and
District 12 Director
Cynthia Williamson, CP of
Nacogdoches—District
14 Director
Clara Buckland, CP of El
Paso—Secretary and
District 16 Director
Please take a moment to
get more familiar your
2008–2009 Board of Directors on
pages 21 of this issue, additional
information about the Board and
how to contact them can be found on
the Paralegal Division website at www.txpd.org under “Contact.” The
Board discussed the plans and projects
for the Division over the next
year. The Directors are very excited
about this upcoming year and have
already gone back to their districts to
get started working with the local
Division Committee volunteers to
provide their members with CLE,
information and representation. Several
local CLEs have already been
planned and some have even already
taken place. Remember to check the
CLE calendar at www.txpd.org for
updates on CLE in your District.
As President of the Division I have
several goals of my own. I have
appointed Patti Giuliano, Immediate
Past President, to continue to serve
the Division, its members and our
communities by working to expand
pro bono services throughout the
state of Texas. I have also appointed a
committee to investigate compiling
and providing webinars to Division
members in an effort to expand the
CLE opportunities to our members,
so be watching for information on
this upcoming new member benefit.
I have investigated
various locations
for the 2009
PD Europe trip,
polled several
Division members
and have determined
that our
destination will be
Greece, April
25–May 2, 2009
visiting Nauplia, Mycenae, Corinth,
Athens and Delphi. This, like all of
the other trips, will be a wonderful
time to see a beautiful country and
get to know some of your fellow Division
members on a completely different
level. See the informational ad
regarding this trip on page 2 of this
issue. For additional information and
to sign up visit the Paralegal Division
website at www.txpd.org.
The 2008 TAPS Planning Committee
continues to work on plans for
TAPS 2008 to be held September
17–19, 2008 in San Antonio! This is
going to be another wonderful event
with a possible 14 hours of CLE and
two great socials. It is NOT too late
sign up, visit the website at www.txpd.org to register. I look forward
to seeing you there.
I am excited about serving as your
President over the next year. If you
have any comments or concerns
please contact may at president@txpd
.org.
Rhonda Brashears
President Paralegal Division
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