Contact the Texas Access to Justice Foundation

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 12886
Austin, Texas 78711-2886

Physical Address:
1601 Rio Grande, Ste. 351
Austin, Texas 78701

Phone: 512.320.0099 or 800.252.3401 (in Texas only)
Fax: 512.469.0112

Betty Balli Torres
Executive Director
Ext. 105

Joyce Lindsey
Associate Director
Ext. 107

Jonathan Vickery
Director of Grants
Ext. 110

Lisa Melton
Special Projects Manager
Ext. 112

Kimberly Schmitt
Communications Manager
Ext. 104

Lisa Ayotte
Assistant to Executive Director
Ext. 102

Janice Cappiello
Assistant to Associate Director             
Ext. 108

 

Supreme Court Appointments

Richard L. Tate, Chair
206 South 2nd St.
Richmond, Texas 77469
Phone: 281.341.0077
Fax: 281.341.1003
Term Ends: 8/31/11

Deborah G. Hankinson, Vice Chair
Hankinson Levinger
750 N. St. Paul St., Ste. 1800
Dallas, Texas 75201
Phone: 214.754.9190
Fax: 214.754.9140
Term Ends: 8/31/12

Ray Farabee
2702 Rockingham
Austin, Texas 78704
Phone: 512.499.4522
Term Ends: 8/31/12

G. Joseph Barrientos
Watts Guerra Craft L.L.P.
500 North Water Street, Ste. 1200
Corpus Christi, Texas 78471
Phone: 361.887.0500
Fax: 361.887.0055
Term Ends: 8/31/10

Margarita Sanchez (public member)
Avance El Paso
720 Arizona Ave.
El Paso, Texas 79902
Phone/Fax: 915.351.2457
Term Ends: 8/31/12

Patty Huffines, Secretary
(public member)
1602 Leigh Street
Austin, Texas 78703
Phone: 512.482.0082
Term Ends: 8/31/10

Lamont A. Jefferson
Haynes and Boone
112 East Pecan Street, Suite 900
San Antonio, Texas 787205-1540
Phone: 210.978.7413
Fax: 210.554.0413
Terms ends: 8/31/10

State Bar of Texas Appointments

Pete Gallego, Treasurer
Texas State Representative
P.O. Box 777, Alpine, Texas 79831-0777
1110 E. Holland (79830)
Phone: 432.837.7383 * Fax: 432.837.1153
P.O. Box 2910, Austin, Texas 78768
Phone: 512.463.0566 * Fax: 512.463.5896
Term Ends: 8/31/11

Judge Suzanne Covington
P.O. Box 1748
Austin, Texas 78767
Phone: 512.854.9305
Fax: 512.854.9332
Term Ends: 8/31/12

Rose Wilson (public member)
P.O. Box 11651
Lubbock Texas 79408
Phone: 806.763.1807
Term Ends: 8/31/12

Mike McGee
(public member)
5833 Wavertree Lane
Dallas, Texas 75093
Phone: 214.549.1931
Term ends: 8/31/10

Tom Godbold
Fulbright & Jaworski LLP
1301 McKinney, Ste. 5100
Houston, Texas 77010
Phone: 713.651.7703
Fax: 713.651.5246
Term ends: 8/31/11

Andrew Kerr
Strasburger & Price
300 Convent Street, Suite 900
San Antonio, Texas 78205
Phone: 210.250.6015
Fax: 210.258.2721
Term ends: 8/31/10

Recent News

Mar. 2, 2010

TAJF is accepting applications for the 2010-11 Student Loan Repayment Assistance Program

Feb. 15, 2010

"Funds on the Chopping Block"  Texas Lawyer

Feb. 3, 2010

TAJF is co-sponsoring the Texas Forum on Self-Represented Litigants and the Courts  

Jan. 25, 2010

Thank you to our 2009 Donors

Jan. 12, 2010

Dallas high school students host "Evening with the Chief" to benefit Texas Access to Justice Foundation 

Dec. 18, 2009

"Indigent litigants get help from legal aid grant" 
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

Dec. 15, 2009

TAJF Awards New Grants for Pilot Projects Impacting the Texas Legal Delivery System 

Dec. 11, 2009

Speaker Straus Honored with Star of Justice Award for Access to Justice Efforts 

Dec. 7, 2009

"Need is up, funding plummets for legal aid"  Washington Post

Nov. 13, 2009

News about the FDIC's extended Transaction Account Guarantee (TAG) program

Nov. 9, 2009

Waco Banks Recognized for Supporting Legal Services to the Poor

 

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