Bench Book Committee

The Texas Mental Health and Intellectual and Development Disabilities Law Bench Book is a procedural guide for Texas judges hearing cases regarding persons with mental illness and/or IDD, developed by the JCMH and numerous contributing authors and editors including the Bench Book Committee. 

• Hon. Camile DuBose, Chair
  Medina County, 38th Judicial District
• Hon. Bill Boyce
  Fourteenth Court of Appeals
• Hon. Nelda Cacciotti
  Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center
• Leah Davies, L.M.S.W.
  Strategic Health Alliance
• Hon. Rex Davis
  Tenth Court of Appeals
• Alyse Ferguson
  Collin County Mental Health Managed Counsel
• Courtney Harvey, Ph.D.
  Texas Health and Human Services
• Hon. Nancy Hohengarten
  County Court at Law #5, Travis County
• Collen Horton, M.P.A
  Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
• Trina Ita, L.P.C.
  Texas Health and Human Services
• Hon. David Jahn
  Denton County Probate Court
• Nelson Jarrin, J.D.
  Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
• Floyd Jennings, J.D., Ph.D.
  Harris County Public Defender's Office
• Lee Johnson
  Texas Council of Community Centers
• Louise Joy, J.D.
  Joy & Young, LLP
• Beth Lawson, M.B.A
  StarCare Specialty Health System
• Chris Lopez, J.D.
  Texas Health and Human Services
• Beth Mitchell, J.D.
  Disability Rights Texas
• Hon. Roxanne Nelson
  Burnett County Precinct 1
• Hon. Charles P. Reynolds
  Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center
• Sian Schilhab, J.D.
  Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
• Brian Shannon, J.D.
  Texas Tech School of Law
• David Slayton, M.P.A.
  Office of Court Administration
• Hon. Polly Jackson Spencer
  Bexar County Probate Court
• Hon. Ryan Turner
  Texas Municipal Court Educators
• Will Turner
  Texas Commission on Jail Standards
• Amanda Vasquez
  TDCJ Reentry & Integration Division
• Steve Wohleb, J.D.
  Texas Hospital Association

As of October 2018