2014 DAYL Leadership Class
DAYL is thrilled to announce the 43 members of the 2014 DAYL Leadership Class. The class met for an overnight retreat at the end of August at Possum Kingdom Lake for two days of team building exercises, leadership training, and some fun in the sun. There was even an Ice Bucket Challenge that was fulfilled, and paid forward, although our friends at the Houston Young Lawyers Association and the Austin Young Lawyers Association have yet to make good on the class’s challenge to them. Not that we’re calling anyone out; we’re just saying…
Serving as facilitators this year are Aaron Tobin (Anderson Tobin), Dena DeNooyer Stroh (Murchison Oil and Gas), The Honorable Rob Cañas (Criminal District Court Number 10), Laura Benitez Geisler (Geisler Law Firm), Mark “Injury-Free” Melton (Hunton & Williams), and Terry James (West & Associates LLP). Rob Crain (Crain Lewis), Robert Witte (Strasburger & Price), and Karen McCloud (Law Office of Karen McCloud) serve as class facilitator emeriti. DAYL President Mey Ly (Littler Mendelson) and DAYL President-elect Jonathan Childers (Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail Shank) also attended the retreat, as did PJ Dunn, a professional life coach and DAYL’s resident DJ.
The class and facilitators had a great time and learned a lot about themselves and each other. Congratulations to those who were selected to be a part of this Legacy of Leadership!
2014 DAYL Leadership Class
Alison R. Williams
Chamblee, Ryan, Kershaw, Anderson
Alvin F. Benton
Holland & Knight
Amber M. Rogers
Hunton & Williams LLP
Amber K. Shemesh
Modjarrad Abusaad Said, P.C.
Andy Jones
Kastl Law, P.C.
Ann Chao
BT Furnishings
Ashley Aten
Vela Keller
Bri Turner
Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P.
Collin Lensing
Attorney at Law
Crystal Y. Moore-Mitchell
Methodist Health System
David Sillers
Sidley Austin LLP
Debrán O’Neil
Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P.
Dennis Siaw-Lattey
Anderson Tobin PLLC
Derik Scott
Thompson Coe
Eduardo Gonzalez-Canales
Greenberg Traurig LLP
Ellen Williamson
Law Office of Ellen D. Williamson, PC
Farbod Farnia
McCathern, PLLC
Farheen Ibrahim
Hermes Sargent Bates
Jared M. Slade
Alston & Bird LLP
Jason Gregory
Chamblee, Ryan, Kershaw, Anderson
Jenna A. Carl
Catholic Charities of Dallas
Joanna Green Brown
Legal Hospice of Texas
John M. Lynch
SettlePou
John O’Connor
Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
Josue Caballero
Baker Botts
Katie Manning
Martin & Martin Law
Kimberly King
CHRISTUS Health
Lulu Seikaly
Hermes Sargent Bates
MacKenzie S. Wallace
Thompson & Knight LLP
Megan LaDrière
Baker Botts
Nathan Rogers
Burleson, Pate & Gibson
Nathan K. Williamson
Attorney at Law
Naval Patel
Patel Law, PLLC
Nnamdi M. Anozie
Lynn Tillotson Pinker & Cox LLP
Rafael Rodriguez
Gruber Hurst Johansen Hail Shank
Rami Jabara
Attorney at Law
Sally L. Pretorius
KoonsFuller
Shruti Krishnan
Excentus Corporation
Stephanie M. Almeter
McCathern, PLLC
Thomas S. Conner
Carrington Coleman Sloman & Blumenthal, L.L.P.
Tiffanie N. Limbrick
Sidley Austin LLP
Tiffany Talamantez
Law Office of Kevin B. Ross, P.C.
Trent Rexing
Kane Russell Coleman & Logan