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2025-2026 BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Officers

President

Lena Silva

Steptoe LLP

Immediate Past President

Mariame Aana

Lone Star Legal Aid

President-Elect

Emily Rohles

Baker Botts L.L.P.

Barbara DePeña

Treasurer

Sherles Durham

Stellar Bank

Secretary

Trevor Deason

Jones Day

Directors

Eduardo Alvarez

Access World USA, LLC

Callie Copeland

Germer PLLC

Miguel Escobar

Holland & Knight LLP

David Gutierrez

Yetter Coleman LLP

Trevor Deason

Jones Day

Maha Ghyas

Fifteenth Court of Appeals

Baker Howry

Jackson Walker LLP

Shahnoor Khuwaja

Jordan, Lynch & Cancienne PLLC

Lisa Luz Parker

U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas, Civil Division

Amber Morrison

Mize P.C.

John Ngunjiri

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

John Ngunjiri

Norton Rose Fulbright LLP

Janet Oyeteju

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Haley Stewart

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Ex Officio Members

The Honorable Rabeea Collier

113th District Court of Harris County

Judicial Liaison

Brooksie Boutet

Shipley Snell Montgomery LLP

Houston Young Lawyers Foundation Chair-Elect

Paola Sarabia

South Texas College of Law - Houston

Law Student Representative

Cory Williams

South Texas College of Law - Houston

Student Director

Bryan Aflred

Thurgood Marshall School of Law

Law Student Representative

Amaya Martin

University of Houston Law Center

Law Student Representative

HYLA Staff

Lucy Fisher Cain

Executive Director

Toinette Wright

Executive Assistant

ABOUT ASSOCIATION

The Houston Young Lawyers Association (HYLA) is a bar association of Houston young attorneys. Our membership consists of lawyers in their first twelve years of practice as of June 1, as well as law students. Our mission is to help our members learn, lead, network, and serve. Please check out our calendar for upcoming events, and our committees page to see how you can get involved!

CONTACTS

hyla@hyla.org
(713) 224-4952

Lucy Fisher Cain (281) 685-9929

P.O. Box 61208

Houston, Texas 77208

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