President

Meredith Parenti

Meredith Parenti is a board certified civil appellate lawyer with over twenty years’ experience handling state and federal appeals and litigation, including significant experience in international law, constitutional law, and bankruptcy. She practices at Parenti Law PLLC. Before opening her own firm, she practiced at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP and the Texas Solicitor General’s Office.

Immediate Past Chair

Linda Broocks

Linda Broocks is partner in the Houston office of Kean Miller, where she maintains an active practice in trials and appeals of complex commercial, securities, personal injury, employment, and real estate cases.

Chair-Elect

James (Jim) Marrow

James (Jim) Marrow is an experienced trial lawyer and appellate specialist. Jim has tried more than a dozen lawsuits and handled hundreds of appellate matters in private practice and as a former appellate court staff attorney. Jim has managed trial and arbitration matters from beginning to end, including the formulation of initial strategy, discovery, mediation, trial or arbitration, and appeal. Jim has tried cases from both sides of the docket, winning judgments for both plaintiffs and defendants.

Secretary

Christina Crozier

Christina Crozier is a member of Haynes and Boone’s appellate section. She is board certified in civil appellate law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Treasurer

Jill Schumacher

Jill is a litigator and appellate lawyer at Daniels & Tredennick LLP. She previously served as a staff attorney for Chief Justice Frost.

Third-Year Council

Whitney Brieck

Whitney Brieck practices civil appellate law and commercial litigation with BoyarMiller and chairs the section’s pro bono committee.

Third-Year Council

Doug Pritchett

In addition to his appellate practice, Doug plays tennis and performs as jack-of-all-trades, including repairing antique mechanical cameras.

Second-Year Council

Kyle Lawrence

Kyle practices in Beck Redden LLP’s appellate group. He previously served as briefing attorney at Houston’s 1st and 14th Courts of Appeals.

Second-Year Council

Margot Stander

Margot Stander is board certified in civil appellate law. Staff Attorney at Houston’s First Court of Appeals. Allergy mom/food magician. Got to TX as soon as I could.

First-Year Council

Nicholas Bruno

Nicholas Bruno is an appellate associate at Beck Redden. Before joining Beck Redden, he clerked for Justice Harvey Brown of the First Court of Appeals of Texas. He graduated with honors from the University of Texas School of Law, where he served as the Chief Online Content Editor of the Texas Law Review and was a member of the University of Texas School of Law’s Supreme Court Clinic.

First-Year Council

J. Mark Little

Mark Little represents clients in a broad range of appeals and original proceedings in federal and state courts across the country. He has argued a number of cases in courts ranging from the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit to the Texas and Washington Supreme Courts. He also works with trial counsel to formulate pre-trial strategies, write dispositive motions, prepare jury charges, and preserve error at trial.

Judicial Liason, 14thCourt of Appeals

Chief Justice Kem Thompson Frost

Judicial Liason, 1st Court of Appeals

Justice Peter Kelly