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Residents are encouraged to download the Ready South Texas app, available in the iTunes and Google Play stores, to receive updates on the COVID-19 situation in San Antonio.

Additionally, residents can text COSAGOV to 55000 to receive SMS text message updates.

COVID-19 Hotline:

The San Antonio Metropolitan Health District has opened a COVID-19 hotline for residents to ask questions about the virus. The hotline is available in English and Spanish. Residents can call 210-207-5779. (Monday-Friday 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.)  Information for the public is also available at:

http://www.sanantonio.gov/health/2019ncoronavirus

https://www.sanantonio.gov/Health/News/NewsReleases/ArtMID/9362/ArticleID/18603/City-of-San-Antonio-COVID-19-Updates-issues-schedule-and-service-delivery-information

Notices from Bexar County Emergency Management:

Declaration of Public Health Emergency and Suspension of Jury Duty -

https://www.bexar.org/3234/COVID-19

March 13, 2020 Order from Chief Judge Orlando Garcia in effect through May 1, 2020.

https://www.txwd.uscourts.gov/

March 13, 2020 notice from County Court Administrative Judge Longoria with instructions to use the Court website to view daily dockets and contact information for court administration

https://files.constantcontact.com/7fd40f08601/d0c9f766-afc1-402f-ac22-90b3b3364660.pdf

March 13, 2020 notices from Judge Kazen of Probate Court #1 and Judge Vasquez of Probate Court #2.

https://www.bexar.org/3055/Probate-Court-2

March 13, 2020 Order Regarding Settings in Presiding Civil District Court and Jury Monitoring Court issued by Presiding Civil District Court Judge Chapa.

https://www.bexar.org/1703/Civil-District-Courts

December 9, 2016

Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation’s LEAD Academy Receives Texas Bar Foundation Grant; Inaugural Class Selected

San Antonio, TX –The Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation (BCWBF) today announced that it has been awarded a $7,500 grant from the Texas Bar Foundation to help launch LEAD Academy, a year-long leadership-development program for women attorneys.

The Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation’s LEAD Academy was born out of a desire to combat the attrition of women in the legal profession.  The program’s Steering Committee has spent three years developing the program, which aims to assist women attorneys in attaining the highest level of success in their firms and organizations, their communities, and the legal profession by teaching class members to lead in a way that is authentic and effective; empower themselves with self-awareness and self-confidence; advance in their firms or organizations; and develop robust professional networks.

“We are incredibly thankful for this generous grant from the Texas Bar Foundation, which will allow us to give women attorneys a unique opportunity to grow professionally and personally,” said LEAD Director Tiffanie Clausewitz.  “LEAD will also benefit our San Antonio community by enhancing the ethical and professional practice of law, and by developing strong community leaders.”

The Academy will begin with a two-day symposium in February 2017, followed by quarterly seminars and a graduation celebration in December 2017. Faculty for the symposium and seminars is made up of local, statewide, and national speakers, who will educate class members on a wide-range of topics.  Class members are chosen based on their accomplishments in the legal community and demonstrated potential to become leaders. 

The members of LEAD Academy’s 2017 inaugural class are:

• ·         Lara Brock, Espinoza Law Firm, PLLC
• ·         Stephanie Curette, Hornberger Fuller & Garza Incorporated
• ·         Ashley Senary Dahlberg, Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP
• ·         Jane Ann Fosson, Schmoyer Reinhard LLP
• ·         Vanessa Hernandez Kemmy, Frost Bank
• ·         Rebecca Magee, Haynes and Boone, LLP
• ·         Cassie Matheson, Hornberger Fuller & Garza Incorporated
• ·         Mary Lisa Mireles, Rosenblatt Law Firm
• ·         Patti Oviatt, Cokinos, Bosien & Young
• ·         Lindsay Riley, Dykema Cox Smith
• ·         Christine Rudy, Tessmer Law Firm PLLC
• ·         Vanessa Russell-Evans, Randolph-Brooks Federal Credit Union
• ·         Shavonne Smith, Thornton, Biechlin, Reynolds & Guerra, L.C.
• ·         Nada Ismail Taha, NuStar Energy L.P.
• ·         Kayla Tanner, Jackson Walker L.L.P.
• ·         Dannick Villaseñor-Hernandez, Plunkett & Griesenbeck, Inc.

Congratulations to these outstanding women, from whom the Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation expects to see great things in the coming year and well beyond. 

Since its inception in 1965, the Texas Bar Foundation has awarded more than $16 million in grants to law-related programs.  Supported by members of the State Bar of Texas, the Texas Bar Foundation is the nation’s largest charitably-funded bar foundation. 

For more information, or to partner with Bexar County Women’s Bar Foundation’s LEAD Academy, please contact LEAD Director Tiffanie Clausewitz at tiffanie@rosenblattlawfirm.com or 210-562-2900.

The Bexar County Women's Bar Foundation has released the application for the inaugural LEAD Academy class!  The LEAD Academy is a leadership-development program born out of a desire to assist women attorneys in attaining the highest level of success in their firms and organizations, in their communities, and in the legal profession.  The LEAD Academy aims to achieve this goal by teaching participants to: Lead in a way that is authentic and effective; Empower themselves with self-awareness and self-confidence; Advance in their firms or organizations; and Develop robust professional networks. 

The LEAD Academy will begin with a two-day symposium, followed by quarterly seminars and a graduation celebration.  Faculty for the symposium and seminars include local and national experts on wide-ranging topics detailed on our program page.  In addition to instructional time, each session will include interactive workshops to allow participants to apply the learning to their specific practices.

Women attorneys selected for participation in the LEAD Academy must be members of the State Bar of Texas with approximately three to eight years of experience (variations in length of experience will be considered); aspire to lead and have the demonstrated potential to become leaders; and want to serve their communities and the profession and be committed to the promotion of women in the legal profession. 

If you fit this description or know someone else who does, visit the Lead Academy page for more information and to download an application packet; all application materials must be received by October 31, 2016.  Please contact Tiffanie Clausewitz, LEAD Academy Director at tiffanie@rosenblattlawfirm.com with any questions!

The State Bar of Texas recently honored exceptional service to the public and the legal profession during its Annual Meeting.  BCWB Member, Sara Dysart, was among those being honored.  She received the President's Award for her continued work as an active intermediary between the State Bar of Texas and the local legal community.  Congratulations, Sara!