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PRESIDENT'S PAGE
KAREN DENNEY 2022–2023 TCBA President
Ayear goes quickly, and it feels as if a Tarrant County Bar Association bar year (which also is actually one year in length), goes even quicker. I only have three months left as your Bar President, and it seems the time is flying.
In addition to all the CLEs and other events that the TCBA hosts every month and about which you can read in the weekly emails the TCBA sends, the TCBA Board and other volunteers have accomplished other important tasks this year as well. During the 2021-2022 TCBA Bar year under the leadership and direction of then TCBA President Kimberly Naylor, we began the process of obtaining benefit plans for the TCBA employees to help reward, attract and retain our TCBA staff members. The TCBA Compensation Committee – TCBA Board Vice President Scott Lindsey, Secretary-Treasurer Marvina Robinson, Director Cheryl Leb, and I – completed this project in December 2022 with the unanimous support of the Tarrant County Bar Foundation Board and the assistance of Executive Director Kayla Dailey. As of January 2023, TCBA employees have health, dental, and vision benefit plans in which they may participate.
Roland Johnson and Immediate Past President Kimberly Naylor led another significant project through completion. Roland and Kimberly Co-Chaired the TCBA Strategic Planning Committee this year, and, after several meetings and work outside these meetings by Roland, Kimberly, Director Aleed Rivera, Director Lyndsay Newell, and myself, the TCBA now has a strategic plan. This strategic plan, which the TCBA Board adopted in February 2023, will serve as a document to help focus the TCBA staff and leaders on the TCBA’s longstanding mission and act as a springboard for TCBA initiatives by future TCBA leaders.
The TCBA Board, with additional work by President-Elect Lu Pham, Secretary-Treasurer Marvina Robinson, Director Lyndsay Newell, Executive Director Kayla Dailey, and myself, also conducted a review and analysis of the TCBA membership dues structure. The TCBA membership dues had not changed in almost ten years, with our dues being far lower than the other large bar associations in Texas, and events and other benefits being provided to our members continuing to increase in cost. After much discussion, in January 2023, the TCBA Board voted to change the TCBA annual membership dues structure in the following manner to go into effect for the 20232024 TCBA bar year:
2023-2024 Annual Membership Dues
Law Student - Free
Attorney (licensed less than 5 years) - $125
Attorney (licensed 5 or more years) - $190
Government Attorneys/Judiciary (licensed less than 2 years) - $90
Government Attorneys/Judiciary (licensed 2-4 years) - $110
Government Attorneys/Judiciary (licensed 5 or more years) - $130
Faculty Member - $130
Associate Member (non-lawyers, non-voting) - $150
Legal Staff Membership - $40
With these changes, the TCBA continues to have the lowest annual membership dues of the large Texas bar associations but can better keep pace with the cost increases that come with running an association and providing the many member benefits that come with TCBA annual membership.
The TCBA Board and other volunteers have accomplished a lot this year, and, if you see any of them, please thank them for their hard work. However, we still have approximately one-quarter of the bar year left. We have more to do and are committed to seeing other projects through completion this year to serve you and the other TCBA members. g
Tarrant County Bar Association
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2022–2023 Officers
President.........................................Karen Denney
President-Elect.........................................Lu Pham
Vice President...................................Scott Lindsey
Secretary-Treasurer.................Marvina Robinson
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Director.........................................John Brookman
Director..................................................Cheryl Leb
Director.......................................Michael McBride
Director..............................................Bryan Bruner
Director..........................................Lyndsay Newell
Director...........................................Angel Williams
2022–2023 Appointed Directors
Appointed Director............................Christy Jack
Appointed Director...........................Aleed Rivera
Fall 2022 President.....................Aulstin Gardiner
Fall 2023 President....................Elizabeth Haslam
Immediate Past President..........Kimberly Naylor
Executive Director.............................Kayla Dailey
Term Ends 2022 Term Ends 2023 Tarrant County Young Lawyers Association Ex-Officio Members State Bar of Texas
Director..................................................Jeff Cochran
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