Advisory Council

Texas Loves Children is grateful for the participation of the following individuals on its Advisory Council for the Texas Lawyers for Children website program.

Howard G. Baldwin, Jr., J.D.
Former First Asst. Attorney General, State of Texas
Austin, Texas

Charles G. Childress, J.D.
Clinical Professor, Children's Rights Clinic, University of Texas School of Law
Austin, Texas

Howard Davidson, J.D.
Director, ABA Center on Children and the Law
Washington, D.C.

C. Ed Davis, J.D., Ph.D.
Former Deputy Director for Legal Services, TDFPS
Austin, Texas

Nancy R. DeWees, J.D., LMSW-ACP, LPC
Former Program Administrator, Tarrant County CPS & Regional Placement
Fort Worth, Texas

Rolf Habersang, M.D.
Pediatrician, Amarillo Area Healthcare Specialists
Amarillo, Texas

Nancy Kellogg, M.D.
Medical Director, ChildSafe
San Antonio, Texas

Delane Kinney, Ph.D.
Director of Psychological Services, Salesmanship Club Youth & Family Centers
Dallas, Texas

Hon. Patricia Macias
District Judge, 388th District Court, El Paso County
Member, Permanent Judicial Commission on Children, Youth and Families
El Paso, Texas

David Montague, J.D.
Assistant District Attorney, Tarrant County
Fort Worth, Texas

Frederick C. Moss, J.D., LL.M.
Associate Professor, Dedman School of Law, Southern Methodist University
Dallas, Texas

John E.B. Myers, J.D.
Professor of Law, McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific
Sacramento, California

Fairy Davenport Rutland, J.D.
Vice Chair, State Bar Committee on Child Abuse and Neglect
Member, Permanent Judicial Commission on Children, Youth and Families
Austin, Texas

John J. Sampson, LL.B.
Co-Author, Sampson & Tindall, Tex. Fam. Code Ann.
Professor, University of Texas School of Law
Austin, Texas

Hon. Cheryl Lee Shannon
District Judge, 305th District Court, Dallas County
Member, Permanent Judicial Commission on Children, Youth and Families
Dallas, Texas

Hon. John J. Specia, Jr. (Ret.)
District Judge, 225th District Court, Bexar County
Member, Permanent Judicial Commission on Children, Youth and Families
San Antonio, Texas

The Advisory Council is not responsible for oversight of the day-to-day operations of the Texas Lawyers for Children website program or for the legal research and materials it provides.