Task Force on Indigent Defense | Members of the Task Force

Members of the Task Force

Task Force on Indigent Defense (TFID)


  • Sharon Keller, Presiding Judge, Court of Criminal Appeals
    (Chair of Task Force)
  • Olen Underwood, Presiding Judge, 2nd Administrative Judicial Region of Texas
    (Vice-Chair of the Task Force)
  • Jon Burrows County Judge, Bell County
  • Alfonso Charles, Judge, County Court at Law No. 2, Gregg County
  • Knox Fitzpatrick, Dallas, shareholder in the law firm Fitzpatrick, Hagood, Smith & Uhl, L.L.P.
  • Pete Gallego, Member, Texas House of Representatives
  • Wallace B. Jefferson, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Texas
  • Anthony Odiorne, Assistant Public Defender, West Texas Regional Capital Public Defender Office, Amarillo
  • Sherry Radack, Chief Justice, First Court of Appeal, Houston
  • Todd Smith, Member, Texas House of Representatives
  • Jeff Wentworth, Texas State Senator
  • Glen Whitley, County Judge, Tarrant County
  • John Whitmire, Texas State Senator


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Updated: 12-February-2009