Pathfinders are role models and trailblazers — local women with law degrees who are using, and have used, their degrees in a variety of ways. Every year, TCWLA makes an effort to select and honor a panel of Pathfinders who represent a diversity of life and work experiences and this results in a highly thought-provoking and often inspirational program.

2019 TCWLA Pathfinder Nomination Form

2018 PATHFINDERS

Hon. Harriet Murphy
Sara Foskitt
Christine Henry Andresen

2017 PATHFINDERS

Brook Brown

Retired Partner of McGinnis Lochridge

Carla Cox

Retired Partner of Jackson Walker

Anne Morgan

City Attorney for the City of Austin

Anne Wynne

Co-Founder of Ikard Wynne

2016 PATHFINDERS

Judge Sarah Eckhardt

Travis County’s first female County Judge

LaRu Woody

Former Travis County Assistant District Attorney and Director of the Family Justice, Trial and Grand Jury Divisions

Sedora Jefferson

General Counsel for the Texas Association of School Boards

Lisa Tsai

Named partner at Reid Collins & Tsai LLP

2015 PATHFINDERS

Beverly G. Reeves

Co-founder, Reeves & Brightwell LLP

Ranelle Meroney

Of Counsel, Chamberlain McHaney

Barbara Hines

Founding Member and Of Counsel, Hines & Leigh PC

D’Ann Johnson

Branch Manager, Texas RioGrande Legal Aid

2013 PATHFINDERS

Honorable Darlene Byrne

Judge of the 126th District Court of Travis County, Texas

Cameron Vann

Senior Staff Attorney at Texas Lawyers Assistance Program, State Bar of Texas

Michelle Cheng

Partner at Whitehurst, Harkness, Brees & Cheng, PC

Karen Langsley

Sole Practitioner at Law Office of Karen J. Langsley

2012 PATHFINDERS

Gina Shishima

Partner at Fulbright and Jaworski

Linda Mullenix

Professor at the University of Texas School of Law

Honorable Susan Sheppard

Lulu Flores

President of the National Women’s Political Caucus and Partner at HendlerLaw

2011 PATHFINDERS

Laura Fowler

Founder of the Fowler Law Firm, PC

Becky Miller

Oil and Gas Litigator

Honorable Lora Livingston

261st District Civil Court

Harriet O’Neil

Former Texas Supreme Court Justice

2010 PATHFINDERS

Justice Eva Guzman

Texas Supreme Court

Judge Suzanne Covington

201st District Court, Travis County

Jeana Lungwitz

Director of the UT Domestic Violence Clinic

Dr. Lynda Frost

Director of Planning and Programs for the Hogg Foundation for Mental Health at UT

2009 PATHFINDERS

Rosemary Lehmberg

Travis County District Attorney

Judge Brenda Kennedy

403rd Criminal District Court

Melissa Goodwin

Potts & Reilly, L.L.P.

Betty Blackwell

Law Office of Betty Blackwell

2008 PATHFINDERS

Holly Gilman

Gilman & Clarke, P.C.

Susan Morrison

Morrison & Associates, P.C.

Janet Stockard

Janet Stockard, Attorney at Law

Cicily Simms

Cicily Simms, Attorney at Law

2007 PATHFINDERS

M’Lou Patton Bell

Shareholder, Munsch, Hardt, Kopf & Barr, P.C.

Sheryl Cole

Cole & Powell, P.C., Austin City Council, Place 6

Karin Crump

Martin, Disiere, Jefferson & Wisdom, L.L.P., President of TYLA

Martha Dickie

Akin and Almanza, L.L.P., President of the State Bar of Texas

2006 PATHFINDERS

Susana Aleman

The University of Texas at Austin School of Law

Karen Kennard

City of Austin

Justice Jan Patterson

Texas Third Court of Appeals

Regina Rogoff

People’s Community Clinic

2005 PATHFINDERS

Nancy Hohengarten

County Court at Law 5

Toni Hunter

Gray & Becker, P.C.

Beth Ozmun

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.

2004 PATHFINDERS

Kathryn Tullos

St. Mary’s University School of Law

Cindy Olson Bourland

Merica & Bourland, P.C.

Tracy Walters McCormack

The University of Texas at Austin School of Law

2003 PATHFINDERS

Justice Bea Ann Smith

Third Court of Appeals

Janet Hamilton

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.

Susan Morrison

Morrison & Associaties, P.C.

2002 PATHFINDERS

Jo Christy Brown

Brown & Carls, L.L.P.

Bree Buchanan

Public Policy Director, Texas Council on Family Violence

Myra McDaniel

Bickerstaff, Heath, Smiley, Pollan, Kever and McDaniel

2001 PATHFINDERS

Judge Orlinda Naranjo

Travis County Court-at-Law No. 2

Catherine Ghiglieri

President and CEO of Rategenius

Michelle Dunkerley

VP and Deputy General Cousel for Dell Computer Corporation

Velva Price

Associate Counsel, Don W. Kothman & Associates

Ann Kitchen

Texas Representative for District 48

Susan P. Burton

Shareholder with Clark, Thomas & Winters, L.L.P.