2025-2026 Collaborative Law Section Council

Officers:

Chair: Sara Saltmarsh, Austin
Vice Chair: Elisa Reiter, Dallas
VP of Family: Lori Kern, Houston
VP of Civil: Anne Shuttee, Dallas
Secretary: Bryan Ballew, Southlake
Treasurer: Constance Mims, Fort Worth
Immediate Past Chair: *Anita Savage, Dallas

Council Members:

Term expires 2026: Grant Frankfurt, Houston
Term expires 2027: Richard Shannon, Austin
Term expires 2028: Leslie Turnage, Katy

Ex Officio (non-voting) Members:
Walter Wright, San Marcos
Hailey Merz, Dallas

Officers serve a one-year term.  Ex-officio members are appointed by the chair to serve during the chair’s term. 

*Immediate past chair serves as an ex-officio non-voting member of the section council.