{"id":59798,"date":"2018-02-12T18:41:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T16:08:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-texas-women-lawyers-honors-2018-pathfinder-chief-justice-ann-c-mcclure-and-2018-brenda-tso-rising-young-lawyer-erin-nowell\/"},"modified":"2018-02-12T19:44:02","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T23:44:02","slug":"texas-women-lawyers-homenajeara-a-la-juez-presidente-ann-c-mcclure-con-el-premio-2018-pathfinder-y-a-la-abogada-erin-nowell-con-el-premio-2018-brenda-tso-rising-young-lawyer-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/texas-women-lawyers-homenajeara-a-la-juez-presidente-ann-c-mcclure-con-el-premio-2018-pathfinder-y-a-la-abogada-erin-nowell-con-el-premio-2018-brenda-tso-rising-young-lawyer-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Women Lawyers Honors 2018 Pathfinder Chief Justice Ann C. McClure and 2018 Brenda Tso Rising Young Lawyer Erin Nowell"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">EL PASO, Texas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 12, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Texas Women Lawyers (&#8220;TWL&#8221;) is honored to present the TWL 2018 Pathfinder Award to the Honorable Ann C. McClure, Chief Justice of the Eighth\u00a0Court of Appeals of <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span> and the inaugural 2018 Brenda Tso Rising Young Lawyer Award to <span class=\"xn-person\">Erin Nowell<\/span> at the TWL Annual Meeting and CLE which will be held at The <span class=\"xn-org\">University of Texas at El Paso<\/span>, El Paso Natural Gas Conference Center on <span class=\"xn-chron\">February 16<\/span>, 2018.\u00a0 TWL is also excited to announce that the keynote speaker will be Professor <span class=\"xn-person\">Margaret Montoya<\/span>, JD, a pathfinder in her own right, who has been recognized as a pioneering woman in law and is the first Latina admitted to <span class=\"xn-person\">Harvard Law School<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The TWL Pathfinder Award is given each year to an individual who has championed the advancement of women in the law and who exemplifies professionalism, leadership, and commitment to the public interest.\u00a0 Chief <span class=\"xn-person\">Justice McClure<\/span> is the first female chief justice in the one-hundred-year history of the Eighth Court of Appeals of <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span>. She was elected to this court in 1994 and became Chief Justice in 2011. She is also a former member of the <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span> Board of Law Examiners, the Task Force on Indigent Defense, the Texas Judicial Council, the <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span> Board of Disciplinary Appeals, the Texas Family Law Specialization Exam Commission, and the Texas Civil Appellate Law Advisory Commission and has held numerous leadership roles in her local and the State Bar.\u00a0 &#8220;Chief <span class=\"xn-person\">Justice McClure<\/span> has a storied professional history of leadership, especially when it comes to ethics and issues affecting women in the legal community,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Krisi Kastl<\/span>, TWL President-Elect. &#8220;On behalf of TWL, we are honored to present this award to this distinguished jurist.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The inaugural <span class=\"xn-person\">Brenda Tso Rising Young Lawyer<\/span> Award, which recognizes an outstanding young woman lawyer who is actively supporting the mission of Texas Women Lawyers, will be presented to <span class=\"xn-person\">Erin Nowell<\/span>. Ms. Nowell is a shareholder with Simon Greenstone Panatier Bartlett, PC (&#8220;SGPB&#8221;) and also serves as the firm&#8217;s Director of Human Resources.\u00a0 With her efforts in aggressively promoting and hiring female attorneys, nearly half of the associates in SGPB&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-location\">Dallas<\/span> office are female.\u00a0 Ms. Nowell also serves on the Texas Trial Lawyers Association Women&#8217;s Caucus Steering Committee and Diversity Committee and the Dallas Bar Association Minority Participation Committee.<\/p>\n<p>For almost 25 years, TWL has hosted powerful annual programs. This year&#8217;s program is entitled &#8220;Inspire Impact. Be Fierce&#8221; with an exciting lineup of speakers. All <span class=\"xn-location\">Texas<\/span> lawyers are invited to attend.\u00a0 More information on speakers can be found at <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.texaswomenlawyers.net\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.texaswomenlawyers.net<\/a>. The event is approved for 6 MCLE hours.<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  Texas Women Lawyers<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">EL PASO, Texas<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 12, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Texas Women Lawyers (&#8220;TWL&#8221;) is honored to present the TWL 2018 Pathfinder Award to the Honorable Ann C. 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