2025 – 2026
Council
Our Mission
The purpose of this section shall be to promote the objectives of the State Bar of Texas within the particular field designated by the name of the section, and to that end to create a better understanding and cooperation those attorneys engaged in the practice of consumer and commercial law.
Meet the Council
Officers:

Rachel Hytken
Quilling, Selander Lownds, Winslett & Moser, Dallas
Chair

Xerxes Martin
Martin Lyons Watts Morgan PLLC, Dallas
Chair-Elect

Matthew John Kolodoski
Thompson, Coe LLP., Dallas
Treasurer

Bill Clanton
Law Office of Bill Clanton, San Antonio
Secretary

D. Esther Chavez
Office of the Attorney General, Austin
Immediate Past Chair
Emeritus Members:

Richard Alderman
Editor in Chief, Journal, Santa Fe, NM

Doug Scott
Christensen Hsu Sipes, LLP, Arlington

Andrew “Andy” Sattler
Sattler & Dwyre, PLLC, San Antonio
Terms Expire 2026:

Mary Spector
SMU Dedman School of Law, Dallas

Eva Sikes
Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, Austin

Martin Woodward
Kittner Woodward, PLLC., Dallas
Terms Expire 2027:

Carla Sanchez-Adams
National Consumer Law Center, Austin

Jibril Greene
SeyfarthShaw, LLP, Dallas

Manny Newburger
Barron & Newburger, PC, Austin
Terms Expire 2028:

Neil Sobol
Texas A&M School of Law, Grapevine

Justice Mike Lee
McMahon Surovik Suttle, PC, Abilene

Gabriela Martinez
Assistant Attorney General of Texas, Austin