Juvenile Bench Book Committee
The Texas Juvenile Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Law Bench Book is a procedural guide for Texas juvenile judges hearing cases regarding children with mental illness and/or IDD, developed by the JCMH and numerous contributing authors and editors including the Juvenile Bench Book Committee.
- Hon. Cynthia Wheless, Chair
417th District Court - Hon. John J. Specia, Jr.
(Ret.) JCMH Jurist in Residence - Jamie Bernstein, J.D.
Supreme Court Children's Commission - Hon. Sarah Bruchmiller
Associate Judge, Williamson County - Natasha Castille
City of Allen Municipal Court - William R. "Bill" Cox, J.D.
El Paso County Public Defender’s Office - Tami Coy
Texas Juvenile Justice Department - Alyse Ferguson, J.D.
Collin County Mental Health Managed Counsel - Hon. Dena Fisher
315th District Court - Jason Gallini, J.D.
The Gallini Firm - Hon. Cynthia Porter Gore
City of Allen Municipal Court - Sean Grove, J.D.
Texas Juvenile Justice Department - Angelita Hunter
City of McKinney Municipal Court - Jim LaRue
Texas Health and Human Services - Chris Lopez, J.D.
Texas Health and Human Services - Veronica Martinez
Texas Health and Human Services - Jill Mata, J.D.
Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department - Hon. Stacey Mathews
277th Judicial District Court - Beth Mitchell, J.D.
Disability Rights of Texas - Valerie Murrieta, M.S.W.
Texas Health and Human Services - Susan Palacios, Ph.D.
Texas Juvenile Justice Department - Hon. Claire Petty
City of McKinney Municipal Court - Liz Pearson
Texas Health and Human Services - Terry Qualls
McKinney Police Department - Hon. Renee Rodriguez-Betancourt
449th Judicial District Court - Riley Shaw, J.D.
Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office - Jennie Simpson, Ph.D.
Texas Health and Human Services - Kaci Singer, J.D.
Texas Juvenile Justice Department - Kayla Sohns, L.M.S.W.
Texas Health and Human Services - Jessica Stewart, M.A.
Texas Human and Health Services - Nydia Thomas, J.D.
Lone Star Justice Alliance - Haley Turner, M.S.W.
Health and Human Services Commission - Jeannie Von Stultz, Ph.D.
Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department
As of September 2021