The Dallas Bar Association’s board of directors voted today (Thursday, Oct. 20), to elevate the ex-officio board for the president of the Dallas LGBT Bar Association to a voting director’s seat for both the president and president-elect of DLGBTBA.
Callie Butcher, an associate with Sidley Austin LLP, is the current president of the Dallas LGBT Bar Association. The vote was unanimous.
The change goes into effect on Jan. 1, DBA board members will vote to amend the bylaws to confirm this action at the board’s annual meeting.
The Dallas Bar also has designated seats on its board for the presidents and presidents-elect of the J.L. Turner Legal Association, the Dallas Association of Young Lawyers, the Dallas Asian American Bar Association, the Dallas Hispanic Bar Association and the Dallas Women Lawyers Association.