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HCCLA 2018 Award Winners

March 16, 2018 Leave a Comment

The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association wishes to congratulate this year’s outstanding award recipients in the following categories: Lifetime Achievement, Lawyer of the Year, Torch of Liberty, Unsung Hero, and Mentor of the Year.  Each will be honored at the 48th HCCLA Annual Banquet during our awards presentations on May 10, 2018 at the Houston Ballroom at Bayou Place, 500 Texas Avenue, Houston, 77002. Please join us in celebrating their achievements. Make your reservations!


For more information:
HCCLA.org/banquet

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PR: 46th Annual Banquet and Awards

May 9, 2016 Leave a Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
JoAnne Musick
, HCCLA President
832-448-1148 office,  email JoAnne

 

Houston, Texas – May 9, 2016 – The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA) will hold its 46th annual banquet and awards ceremony on Thursday, May 12, 2016 at Hotel ZaZa, 5701 Main Street, Houston, Texas 77005. HCCLA will honor the following award recipients:

Richard “Racehorse” Haynes Lifetime Achievement
Robert Pelton
Katherine Scardino
George “Mac” Secrest

Lawyer of the Year – Casie Gotro

Torch of Liberty – Stephen Clappart and John P. Denholm

Sharon Levine Unsung Heroes – Nancy Bunin and Mary Samaan

Member of the Year – David Ryan

Mentor of the Year – Eric Davis

President’s Junior Justice Award – Maya Wood

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Press Release May 2015

June 3, 2015 Leave a Comment

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CONTACT:
JoAnne Musick, HCCLA President
832-448-1148 office,  email JoAnne

First Second-Term President Elected in HCCLA History

Houston, Texas – May 18, 2015 – The Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA) held its 45th annual banquet and awards ceremony on Thursday, May 14, 2015 at The Rice Hotel, 909 Texas Street, Houston, Texas 77002. HCCLA honored the following award recipients:

Stanley G. Schneider ~ Richard “Racehorse” Haynes Lifetime Achievement

           Mark Bennett ~ Lawyer of the Year

           David R. Dow ~ Torch of Liberty

           Thuy Le & Nicolas Hughes ~ Sharon Levine Unsung Heroes

Tyler Flood ~ Member of the Year

            David M. Ryan ~ Mentor of the Year

            Christopher L. Tritico ~ President’s Award

HCCLA also honored Dick DeGuerin for 50 years of practice. Mr. DeGuerin swore in the new Officers and Board of Directors for 2015-16. JoAnne Musick will lead the Association as President for her second term. Her first term was in 2009-2010.

HCCLA President-Elect, JoAnne Musick said, “I am honored and humbled to undertake this office once again and lead the largest local criminal bar association in the nation.” Her theme for this year is Martin Luther King’s example:

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

– Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. on courage, March 8, 1965

“We have a strong board this year. I have challenged them to stand with me for what is right.” With so many ongoing projects, our new board will hit the ground running and work to better the criminal justice system and raise the bar for criminal defense.

Effective immediately, please direct all media inquiries to:

JoAnne Musick, HCCLA President
Musick & Musick, LLP
397 N. Sam Houston Pkwy. E., Suite 325
Houston, TX  77060
(832) 448-1148 Office
(832) 448-1147 Fax
email JoAnne

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