History and Traditions Committee

Chair: Judge Jim Coronado Judge Jan Soifer

The History and Traditions Committee recruits and conducts oral history interviews of Austin attorneys and judges to preserve the history of the Austin Bar, the Austin legal community, or significant legal events in the Austin area.

History and Traditions Subcommittees

Judges' Hill History Subcommittee

Archival Interviews

Jim Coronado interviews Jeff Rose, John Dietz and Toni Hunter about the Historical Travis County Edgewood Case

Senator Hector Uribe - lawyer and former Texas State Senator for District 27

Susana Almanza & Dr. Sylvia Herrera - founders of People Organized in Defense of Earth and Her Resources (PODER)

Jim Coronado interviews Judge F. Scott McCown & Richard E. Gray about the Historical Travis County Edgewood Case

Phoebe Allen – Judges' Hill Researcher and Historian

Judge Harriet Murphy – First African American Female Judge Appointed in Texas

DeLaine Ward – Executive Director of the Austin Bar Association

Pastor Joseph C. Parker – Austin Attorney and First African American President of the Austin Bar Association, Distinguished Lawyer Award Recipient

Richard Pena – Attorney and Former President of the State Bar of Texas

Bobby Taylor – Long-time Austin Attorney

Megan Meisenbach – Judges' Hill Resident and Researcher