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Hon. Rene Haas, First Female Judge in Nueces County
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Hon. Hilda Tagle, First Hispanic Female Judge in Nueces County

About CBWLA

It should come as no surprise that two of the history making women attorneys in the coastal bend were also founding members of the Coastal Bend Women Lawyers Association. Hon. Rene Haas was the first to make history by becoming the first female judge in Nueces County in 1982. A few years later in 1985, Hon. Hilda Tagle became the first Hispanic female judge in Nueces County. Judge Tagle continued breaking barriers by becoming the first Hispanic female federal judge when she was appointed in 1998 to the United States Southern District of Texas, Brownsville division.

These women along with Marisela Saldana, Portia Bott, Edna De Los Santos, Ann Kollmorgen, Shirley Selz, and Jeanne Chastain became the organizational founders of a newly formed unincorporated association of female lawyers in the Corpus Christi, Texas area known as the Coastal Bend Women Lawyers Association which officially began on September 1, 1988.

Past Presidents of CBWLA


1988 – 1989 | Hon. Hilda Tagle
1989 – 1990 | Marisela Saldana
1990 – 1991 | Deanie King
1991 – 1992 | Constance Luedicke
1992 – 1993 | 
1993 – 1994 | Kelly Koch
1994 – 1995 | Ida Brazell
1995 – 1996 | Kathleen Morrison
1996 – 1997 | Linda Flores-Resendez
1997 – 1998 | Hon. Nanette Hasette
1998 – 1999 | Debra Rodriguez
1999 – 2000 | Debbie Travis Neuberger
2000 – 2001 | Audrey Vicknair
2001 – 2002 | Linda Kearney
2002 – 2003 | Celeste Robertson
2003 – 2004 | Charlotte Yochem
2004 – 2005 | Charlotte Yochem
2005 – 2006 | Dabney Pettus
​2006 – 2007 | Kathleen Day
2007 – 2008 | Patricia Shackelford
2008 – 2009 | Sandra Sterba-Boatwright
2009 – 2010 |
2010 – 2011 | 
2011 – 2012 |
2012 – 2013 |
2013 – 2014 | Susanne Harrold
2014 – 2015 | Kristina Fernandez
2015 – 2016 | Myra Morris
2016 – 2017 | Deborah Rios
​2017 – 2018 | Janet Freeman
2018 – 2019 | Kristina Fernandez/Kathy S. Mills
2019 – 2020 | Kathy S. Mills
2020 – 2021 | Deborah Rios
2021 – 2022 | Maria Pia Prebisch
2022 – 2023 | 


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  • Home
  • About
    • About CBWLA
    • Board of Directors
    • Current Bylaws
    • Historical Documents
  • Membership
    • Membership
    • Membership Directory
    • Helpful Links
  • Events
    • Lawyer of the Year
    • Annual Spring Luncheon >
      • Women Of Distinction
    • Monthly CLE Opportunity
    • Adopt-A-Family
    • "Unwined"
  • Scholarship
    • CBWLA Scholarship Link
    • RBG Memorial Scholarship
  • CBWLA Blog
  • Purchase
  • Contact Us
  • Members Only