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
• Melinda Brents, J.D..
  University of Houston School of Law
• Maureen Burrows, M.D., M.P.H.
  University of Texas, Dell Medical School
• Hon. Nelda Cacciotti
  Tim Curry Criminal Justice Center
• Alex Cogan, L.M.S.W.
  The Arc of Texas
• Sherri Cogbill
  TDCJ Reentry and Integration Division
• Kristi Compton, Ph.D.
  Clinical and Forensic Psychology 
• Leah Davies, L.M.S.W.
  Strategic Health Alliance
• Colleen Davis, J.D.
  Burnet County Attorney's Office
• 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. Guy Herman
  Travis County Probate Court
• 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 Criminal Court #1
• Nelson Jarrin, J.D.
  Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute
• Lee Johnson. M.P.A.
  Texas Council of Community Centers
• Louise Joy, J.D.
  Joy & Young, LLP
• Hon. Oscar Kazen
  Bexar County Probate Court #1
• Adrienne Kennedy
  National Alliance on Mental Health
• Beth Lawson, M.B.A.
  StarCare Specialty Health System
• Hon. Pamela H. Liston
  Rowlett Municipal Court
• Veronica S. Longoria, L.B.S.W.
  Texas Health and Human Services
• Chris Lopez, J.D.
  Texas Health and Human Services
• Hon. Stacey Mathews
  The Arc of Texas
• Jennifer Martinez
  Strategic Health Alliance
• Beth Mitchell, J.D.
  Disability Rights Texas
• Michelle Moore, J.D.
  Burnet County Public Defender's Office
• Hon. Roxanne Nelson
  Burnett County Precinct 1
• Lee Pierson, J.D. 
  Dallas County District Attorney's Office
• James Rasmussen, J.D.
  Witchita County Public Defender's Office
• Hon. Charles P. Reynolds
  Office of Judicial Staff Counsel and Special Magistration, Tarrant County
• Andrea Richardson, M.S.
  Bluebonnet Trails Community Services
• Rachel Samsel, M.S.S.W.
  Texas Health and Human Services
• Fredericka Sargent, J.D.
  TDCJ Reentry & Integration Division
• Sian Schilhab, J.D.
  Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
• Brian Shannon. J.D.
  Texas Tech University School of Law
• Jennie Simpson, Ph.D.
  Texas Health and Human Services
• David Slayton, M.P.A.
  Office of Court Administration
• Hon. Polly Jackson Spencer (Ret.)
  Bexar County Probate Court
• Felix Torres, M.D., M.B.A., D.F.A.P.A.
  Texas Health and Human Services
• Haley Turner, M.S.W.
  Texas Health and Human Services
• Hon. Ryan Turner
  Texas Municipal Courts Education Center
• Will Turner
  Texas Commission on Jail Standards
• Amanda Vasquez
  Office of the Attorney General
• Steve Wohleb, J.D.
  Texas Hospital Association

As of October 2021