Contact the Texas Access to Justice Foundation

Mailing Address:
P.O. Box 12886
Austin, Texas 78711-2886

Physical Address:
1601 Rio Grande, Ste. 351
Austin, Texas 78701

Phone: 512.320.0099 or 800.252.3401 (in Texas only)
Fax: 512.469.0112

Betty Balli Torres
Executive Director
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Jonathan Vickery
Associate Director
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Lisa Melton
Special Projects Manager
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Isaac Harrington
Program Officer
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Leslie Hume
Program Officer
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Dana Nelson
Program Officer
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Kimberly Schmitt
Communications Manager
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Kelli Valbuena
Executive Assistant
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Gina Richardson
Accountant         
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Ayesha White
Administrative Assistant         
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Becca Hall
Grants Administrative Assistant         
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Deb Strube
Accountant         


Supreme Court Appointments

Deborah G. Hankinson, Chair
Hankinson PLLC
Dallas, Texas
Term Ends: 8/31/23

G. Joseph Barrientos, Vice Chair
Hilliard Martinez Gonzales LLP
Corpus Christi, Texas
Term Ends: 8/31/25

Margarita Sanchez (public member)
El Paso, Texas
Term Ends: 8/31/24

Lisa M. Tatum
LM Tatum, PLLC
San Antonio, Texas
Terms ends: 8/31/25

Travis A. Torrence
Shell Oil Company
Houston, Texas
Terms ends: 8/31/23

Carlos M. Zaffirini, Jr.  
Adelanto HealthCare Ventures, L.L.C.
Austin, Texas
Terms ends: 8/31/24

 


State Bar of Texas Appointments

Perla Cavazos (public member)
Austin, Texas 

Term Ends: 8/31/24

Hon. Pete Gallego
Alpine, Texas 

Term Ends: 8/31/23

Roland K. Johnson, Treasurer
Harris, Finley & Bogle, P.C.
Fort Worth, Texas
Term ends: 8/31/23

Denise Scofield
Winston & Strawn
Houston, Texas
Term ends: 8/31/24

Kay Sim  (public member)
Dallas, Texas
Term Ends: 8/31/25

Terry O. Tottenham, Secretary
Norton Rose Fulbright
Austin, Texas
Term ends: 8/31/25

Recent News

 

Nov. 29, 2022

Wells Fargo Joins the Prime Partner Program

Oct. 26, 2022

TAJF honors senators, representative and former justice at luncheon

Oct. 17, 2022

TRLA to open legal aid office in Uvalde with funding from TAJF

Sept. 6, 2022

Statement on the Passing of Harold Kleinman, TAJF's Founding Chair

Aug. 12, 2022

Senator John Cornyn Honored for Access to Justice Efforts

May 26, 2022

TAJF Creates Tottenham Veterans Justice Fellowship

March 31, 2022

TAJF Receives $20 Million from TDHCA to Provide Housing Legal Services

Nov. 10 , 2021

Legal Aid Crucial for Veterans - Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, Justice Chari Kelly, San Antonio Express-News

Aug. 25, 2021

TAJF Receives $20 Million from TDHCA to Provide COVID-related Housing Legal Services

June 16, 2021

Texas Legislature Provides Funding for the State's Legal Aid System

May 11, 2021

TAJF Executive Director honored with national Innovations in Equal Justice Award

Apr. 15, 2021

Help sexual assault survivors and support legal aid - Justice Eva Guzman, Houston Chronicle

Mar. 3, 2021

Hurting from the pandemic and storm, more Texans need legal aid - Chief Justice Nathan Hecht, Austin American-Statesman

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