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
  417^th 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                            
  315^th District Court
• Alyse Ferguson, J.D.                               
  Collin County Mental Health Managed Counsel
• Hon. Pat Garza                                
  (former) Associate Judge, 386^th 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                   
  277^th 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