Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association
Celebrates Constitution Day

September 17th is Constitution Day, and this year HCCLA began a new tradition of celebrating our United States Constitution with a public reading of the Preamble and Amendments. HCCLA also provided commemorative pocket constitutions for attendees and passersby.

This event is modeled after our celebration and reading of the Declaration of Independence with occurs each 4th of July and was started by Past President Robert Fickman.

Special thanks to member Grant Scheiner for the inspiration for this event and to Grant, Philip Gommels, Jennifer Gaut, and Gemayel Haynes for organizing this celebration.

Thank you to the following lawyers for participating in the reading of the United States Constitution Preamble and Amendments:

JoAnne Musick – Preamble
Grant Scheiner* – 1^st Amendment
Danny Easterling – 2^nd Amendment
Dyan Owens – 3^rd Amendment
Gemayel Haynes – 4^th Amendment
Jen Gaut & Lydia Johnson – 5^th Amendment
Phil Gommels – 6^th Amendment
Andrew Wright – 7^th Amendment
Robb Fickman– 8^th Amendment
Lonnie Knowles – 9^th Amendment
Patti Sedita – 10^th Amendment
Alma Garcia – 11^th Amendment
Cheryl Irvin, Ryan Marquez and Alan Macia – 12^th     Amendment
Staci Biggars – 13^th Amendment
Michael Wynne – 14^th Amendment, §1
Justin Harris – 14^th Amendment, §2
Wade Smith – 14^th Amendment, §3
Roberto Quijano – 14^th Amendment, §4 (TSU student)
Akeem Ayinde – 14^th Amendment, §5 (TSU Student)

Shout out to the judges who took time to attend and celebrate with us:
Michael McSpadden, Mike Schneider, Brock Thomas, Brad Hart, and Renee Magee (who was out of town but asked her coordinator, Joey DeBruyen, to attend in her absence)

Photos of the event can be found here

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