Collin County Bench Bar

Gratitude is extended to Matt Davis and Christie Davis for keeping the Hospitality Suite fully stocked and ready for attendees throughout the conference. Matt Davis Christie Davis

Thank you Brandon Kulwicki for putting together the amazing Foundation Happy Hour and dinners for the conference this year!

Thank you, Neda Garrett and Tom Daley, for your outstanding work in organizing a stellar panel of speakers for this year's CLE program. Neda Garrett Tom Daley

Big shoutout and thank you to Studio 25Ten, Jessica Hiner and Jennifer Richardson for designing our conference t-shirts and our sponsor signs for the conference!

Don’t forget to add your own CLE hours for the Bench Bar Conference on the State Bar website. We will not be adding them for you. If you didn’t take a picture of the MCLE course number and hours at the conference, PM or email me for the information.

Judge Piper McCraw and Judge Brook Fulks presented on the “Top Ten Things the Judge and the Court Reporter Want You to Know.”

Judge Willis’s Ethics Extravaganza was a talent show this year!

In 1959, Llinda Llee the llama was brought to Dallas for the Neiman Marcus "South American Fortnight" and lived at The Statler for two weeks. Llamas are now the hotel’s mascot.

Cheers to our awesome Chair of the Foundation on a fabulous 2026 Bench Bar Conference! You did a fantastic job!

Judge Tom Nowak presented on Family Feud—legal style, of course.