Juvenile Section meeting
Date: Tuesday, September 21, 2021
Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm
Location: VIRTUAL
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Please contact Cyndi Porter Gore, Chair, for any questions: cyndi@defendingkids.com
COLLIN COUNTY BAR ASSOCIATION
JUVENILE LAW SECTION VIRTUAL MEETING
SEPTEMBER 21, NOON
TOPIC: Sealing Juvenile Records
This Presentation will address the historical changes of the sealing process. The current sealing process will be discussed along with an in depth analysis of Chapter 58 TFC. Practical tips and pitfalls to watch out for will be discussed.
SPEAKER: Cyndi Porter Gore
Cyndi graduated from Texas Tech with both her Bachelor of Arts in Speech Communications (1989) and her J.D. (1994). After graduating she worked for a year for the Lubbock County Criminal District Attorney’s Office and then relocated to DFW, where she spent 4 ½ years prosecuting for Collin County Criminal District Attorney’s Office. Her final assignment was in the Juvenile Division. After opening her own firm in 1999, she became Board Certified in Criminal Law in 2000 and in Juvenile Law in 2008. After spending 17 years defending kids and adults, she accepted the appointment as Presiding Judge for the Allen Municipal Court in January 2017. Her passion for kids continues with the Allen Teen Court Diversionary Program and Teen Court Academy and a small juvenile side practice. To better assist those defendants that appear before her, she has also created a Specialized Dockets for Adults and Juveniles with mental health and/or substance abuse issues. Cyndi currently serves as the Vice Chair of the Juvenile Council for the Juvenile Section of the State Bar of Texas, Secretary for the Curt B. Henderson Inn of Courts, Chair of the Juvenile Section of the Collin County Bar Association, member of the Board of Legal Specialization Juvenile Law Exam drafting and grading team, and a regular contributor to the Judicial Commission on Mental Health (JCMH), Texas Juvenile Mental Health and Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Law Bench Book.
CLE: 1.0 Hour (CCBA Members)
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