Section Leadership

The section is led by its governing council, consisting of 16 members elected for staggered terms of four years each, as well as the section's officers: the Chair, Treasurer, Chair-elect/Secretary, and Immediate Past Chair. The position of chair is held alternately from year to year by a real estate lawyer and a probate and trust lawyer. During years in which a probate and trust lawyer is the chair, the leader of the real estate side of the section is the chair-elect.
 
 

Officers


Chair
Sara E. Dysart (Real Estate)
Sara E. Dysart, P.C.
206 Primera Drive
San Antonio, TX 78211


 
 

Chair-Elect/Secretary
Lauren Davis Hunt (Probate)
Osborne, Helman, Scott, Knisely & Stanton L.L.P.
301 Congress Ave., Suite 1910
Austin, TX 78701
Phone: (512) 542-2000
 
 
 Treasurer
Katherine A. Tapley
Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
111 W. Houston Street, Suite 1800
San Antonio, TX 78205 
 
 
 

Immediate Past Chair
Lora G. Davis (Probate)
Davis Stephenson, PLLC
100 Crescent Court
Suite 440
Dallas, TX 75201
 
     

 

Council Members

 
 
Allison Bastian-Rodriguez (Real Estate)
Term Expires 2027
Denton Navarro Rocha Bernal & Zech, P.C.
701 East Harrison Ave.
Suite 100
Harlingen, TX 78550
Phone: (956) 421-4904
 
 
 
 
Ed McCarthy (Real Estate)
Term Expires 2027 
McCarthy & McCarthy, LLP
1122 Colorado St.
Suite 2399
Austin, TX 78701-2132
Phone: (512) 904-2313 
 
 
Elizabeth Powdrill (Probate)
Term Expires 2027 
Hopper Mikeska, PLLC
Barton Oaks II
901 S. Mopac Exp.
Suite 570
Austin, TX 78746
Phone: (512) 615-6195
 
 
Gus G. Tamborello (Probate)
Term Expires 2027 
Gus G. Tamborello, P.C.
1455 West Loop South
Suite 775
Houston, TX 77027
Phone: (713) 659-7777
 
 
Michael Baird
Term Expires 2028 
Baird Law PLLC
242 W Sunset Rd Ste 201
San Antonio, TX 78209-2610
 
 
 
Jobe Jackson
Term Expires 2028 
Langley Banack
745 E Mulberry Ave Ste 900
San Antonio, TX 78212-3141
 
 
 
Meredith McIver
Term Expires 2028 
Ytterberg Deery Knull LLP
901 South MoPac Expressway
Austin, TX 78746
 
 
 
Andy Pattillo
Term Expires 2028 
Beard Kultgen Brophy Bostwick Dickson PLLC
220 South Fourth Street
Waco, TX 76701
 
 
 
 
 
Pamela D. Orsak
Term Expires 2029
The Law Office of Pamela D. Orsak
306-B E. Airline Road
Victoria, TX 77901
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stephen A. Cooney
Term Expires 2029
Gray Reed & McGraw LLP
1300 post Oak Blvd., Suite 2000
Houston, TX 77056
 
 
 
 
 
 
Erny Simmons
Term Expires 2029
Glast Phillips Murray Zopolsky
14901 Quorum Drive, Suite 300
Dallas, TX 75254
  
 
 Audra Rod Smith
Term Expires 2029
Audra Rod Smith, PLLC
P.O. Box 1474
El Campo, TX 77437
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Julia Jonas
Term Expires 2030
Karisch Jonas Law, PLLC
9111 Jollyville Road, Suite 225
Austin, TX 75759 
 
 
 
 
Rosemary Jackson
Term Expires 2030 
Rosemary B. Jackson, PC
16516 El Camino Real PMB 411
Houston, TX 77062-5723 
 
 
 
 
Brian Philips
Term Expires 2030
Ytterberg Deery Knull, LLP
3737 Buffalo Speedway, Suite 1500
Houston, TX 77098 
 
 
 
Trerod Hall
Term Expires 2030
City of Dallas
215 E. McKinney Street
Dallas, TX 76201-4229 
 

Administration

Board Advisor
Patricia "Patty" Rouse Vargas
Davis & Santos, PLLC 
719 S. Flores St.
San Antonio, TX 78204

Alternate Board Advisor
Stefani E. Shapiro
 
State Bar Sections Dept.
State Bar of Texas Sections Department
PO Box 12487
Austin, Texas
78711-2487
Phone: 512-427-1420
Toll Free: 800-204-2222 x1420
Fax: 512-427-4105