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Our Board Leadership


Brenda Adimora, Chair

Brenda represents plaintiffs and defendants in a variety of commercial litigation matters at Susman Godfrey...

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Michael Clinton, Chair-Elect

As an attorney at Perdue & Kidd, Michael Clinton represents plaintiffs in personal injury claims as well as pharmaceutical and medical device litigation across the country...

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Anietie Akpan, Secretary

Anietie is a Staff Attorney for METRO, where she practices compliance, public information, and transit law. After receiving her undergraduate degree at the University of Texas at Austin (Hook ‘Em!), Anietie received her law degree from St. Mary’s S[...]

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Lori Yount, Treasurer

Lori Yount represents businesses in all phases of disputes, with a focus on construction-related litigation. Lori came to the firm in 2018 with significant experience in insurance defense and commercial litigation. 

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Sherry R. Hill, Immediate Past Chair

Sherry Rodriguez entered the nonprofit sector in 2019 as a Development Director for Texans Can Academies...

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Our Board of Trustees

Mariame Aana

Mariame is an attorney licensed in Texas, New York, and Washington D.C. She has been working as a Houston-area non-profit lawyer since 2014, practicing in the fields of immigration and family law...

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Femi Aborisade

Femi Aborisade is a Director on HYLA’s Board of Directors. Before becoming an Energy and Infrastructure Associate at Sidley Austin LLP...

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Andrew Bell

Andrew Bell is an associate in M&R’s Houston office and member of the firm’s Energy Practice Group. A dynamic litigator, Andrew’s experience includes complex royalty and mineral interest cases and representing upstream oilfield companies in contractual, commercial and catastrophic personal injury disputes, including surface and downhole tool incidents.


Drew Bivona

Brooksie Boutet

Brooksie is a Snell Montgomery, LLP. Over her five years as a HYLA member, Brooksie has co-chaired the Mentorship & Transitions Committee and been highly involved in the Adopt-an-Angel Program. In 2019, she completed the Leadership Academy and was [...]

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Zachary Caballero 

Zachary Caballero is a Poet and First-Generation Trial Lawyer at Padilla & Rodriguez, LLP. He graduated from South Texas College of Law-Houston with honors in 2017 as a National Moot Court Champion and Member of the Order of Barristers. Since then,[...]

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Akilah Craig

Akilah is an associate in the Houston office of Vorys, Sater, Seymour and Pease LLP, and is a member of the firm’s Labor and Employment group. 

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Amy Farish

Amy’s practice at Yetter Coleman focuses on commercial litigation with experience that includes representing clients in a diverse range of disputes involving class action securities, intellectual property, and complex contract issues...

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Austin Muck

As Bryant’s General Counsel and Chief Business Officer, Austin Muck handles Bryant’s legal matters, oversees forensic litigation projects, and identifies and pursues areas of strategic growth.

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Samantha-Anne Nadolny

Samantha-Anne Nadolny is an accomplished, driven and business-savvy professional, experienced corporate lawyer, compliance professional and business leader with a demonstrated history in the multiple industries, specializing in construction, oil & [...]

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Leah Buenik Nommensen

Leah Nommensen is an experienced trial lawyer at Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP. Her practice includes complex commercial litigation, with an emphasis on energy litigation, landlord/tenant litigation, banking litigation, construction litigation, insurance recovery, and business disputes. Leah has...

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Daniel O'Neil

Daniel is a personal injury trial lawyer with Thompson, Coe, Cousins and Irons. A Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation, Daniel served HYLA the past bar year as Director, co-chair of the CLE Committee, Chair of the Spanish Class Committee, and a member of[...]

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Michael Reed

Michael is with Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP and practices labor and employment... 

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Joe Savoie

Joe R. Savoie serves clients in the areas of fiduciary litigation, probate, trust, and guardianship litigation, and commercial and business litigation...

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Kristy Sledge

Kristy Gabrielova Sledge is a long time member of the Houston Young Lawyers Association and the Houston Young Lawyers Foundation...

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Brittny Mandarino Curry


Lucy Fisher Cain 

Lucy has been with HYLA/HYLF since May 2015. Prior to HYLA/HYLF, she was  with the Houston Bar Association (HBA) for over 30 years.   She enjoys working in the legal community.  Graduate from the University of St. Thomas (Houston) and a native Houstonian. She is married to Greg, tax attorney, and has five children, two cats and a rescued dog. 

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