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. Sarah Bruchmiller
Associate Judge, Williamson County - Natasha Castille
City of Allen Municipal Court - Bill Cox, J.D.
El Paso County Public Defender’s Office - Hon. Dena Fisher
315th District Court - Alyse Ferguson, J.D.
Collin County Mental Health Managed Counsel - Hon. Pat Garza
(former) Associate Judge, 386th District Court - Hon. Cyndi Porter Gore
City of Allen Municipal Court - Lynn Hadnot, M.S.
Collin County Juvenile Services - Angelita Hunter
City of McKinney Municipal Court - Jim LaRue
Health and Human Services Commission - Veronica Martinez
Health and Human Services Commission - Jill Mata, J.D.
Bexar County Juvenile Probation Department - Hon. Stacey Mathews
277th Judicial District Court - Beth Mitchell, J.D.
Disability Rights of Texas - Hon. Kimberly McCary
Denton County Court at Law #1 - Valerie Murrieta, M.S.W.
Health and Human Services Commission - John Petrila, J.D., L.L.M.
Meadows Mental Health Policy Institute - Hon. Claire Petty
City of McKinney Municipal Court - Lucrece Pierre-Carr, M.S.W.
Health and Human Services Commission - Terry Qualls
McKinney Police Department - Hon. Mike Schneider
Berg Plummer Johnson & Raval, LLP - Courtney Seals, M.P.Aff.
Health and Human Services Commission - Riley Shaw, J.D.
Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office - Dr. Jennie Simpson, Ph.D.
Health and Human Services Commission - Kaci Singer, J.D.
Texas Juvenile Justice Department - Hon. John Specia
Plunkett, Griesenbeck and Mimari, Inc. (ret.) - Nydia Thomas, J.D.
Lone Star Justice Alliance - Haley Turner, M.S.W.
Health and Human Services Commission - Sean Walker, M.P.Aff.
Hogg Foundation for Mental Health
As of August 2020