2017 - 2018 Officers
- Roswill Mejia
President
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President-Elect
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Treasurer
Send an Email - Vanessa Suarez
Secretary
Send an Email - Belinda Arambula
Immediate Past President
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HBAA Bylaws
About HBAA
Who We Are
The Hispanic Bar Association of Austin ("HBAA") is a nonprofit professional organization for attorneys. Its mission is to enhance the Latinx community in Central Texas by fostering the engagement of the Hispanic-American legal professional community in civic, professional, social, educational, charitable, governmental, and non-partisan political issues.
HBAA prides itself on a long-standing commitment of providing lawyers with continuing legal education (CLE) and opportunities for networking, socializing, professional development, and public service targeted towards enhancing and supporting the Austin area Latinx community. For more information regarding the HBAA's community involvement and efforts, please visit the web pages of each of HBAA's various volunteer committees.
The HBAA is an affiliate of the Mexican-American Bar Association of Texas and the Hispanic National Bar Association.
Meetings & Events
HBAA hosts various social and networking events, general body meetings, and CLE courses for the benefit of its membership on a monthly basis. To receive information via e-mail regarding HBAA events and meetings, please join the HBAA membership.
The HBAA welcomes all members of the legal profession to join its membership, which includes attorneys practicing in Austin and the surrounding areas, judges, legislators, lobbyists, government officials, legal professors and scholars, law students and non-lawyers.
History and Past HBAA Presidents
HBAA has a long history of civic and volunteer engagement in Central Texas. HBAA officially was formed as an organization in 1995. Prior to that, the organization was known as Capital Area Mexican-American Lawyers (CAMAL).
HBAA is proud to recognize and honor each of its former presidents:
1988-1989 Richard Peña
1989-1990 Thomas Esparza
1990-1991 David Mendez
1991-1992 Robert Ramirez
1992-1993 Jesus Sifuentes
1993-1994 Lulu Flores
1994-1995 Hector Rodriguez
1995-1996 Ray Bonilla
1996-1997 Pat Escobedo
1997-1998 Michael D. Marin
1998-1999 Rudy Colmenero
1999-2000 Elizabeth Garcia
2000-2001 Raul Gonzalez
2001-2002 Russell Ramirez
2002-2003 Veronica Rivera
2003-2004 Amy Castañeda
2004-2005 Vanessa Gonzalez
2005-2006 Lino Mendiola
2006-2007 Gavin Villareal
2007-2008 Angelica Salinas Evans
2008-2009 Jana Ortega
2009-2010 Patrick Caballero
2010-2011 Alex Valdes
2011-2012 Jesse Butler
2012-2013 Manuel Escobar
2013-2014 Renee Castillo-De La Cruz
2014-2015 Keyla Martinez Robertson
2015-2016 Betsy Peticolas
2016-2017 Anthony Arguijo
2017-2018 Kevin Terrazas
2018-2019 Salvador Davila
2019-2020 Eliana Marudi
2020-2021 Belinda Arambula
2021-2022 Roswill Mejia
If you notice any errors or omissions in our list, or have any other historical information about HBAA you would like us to include on this page, please email us!