Young Lawyers Association
BOARD MEMBERS
President: Melody Poole
President-Elect: Lindsay Glover
Secretary: Carolyn Zendeh Del
Treasurer: Austin Webber
The Galveston County Young Lawyers Association meets at Olympia Grill on Pier 21 from noon to 1 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month.
The Galveston County Young Lawyers Association Annual Law Day Celebration held on April 30, 2009 at Fisherman’s Wharf. Over 100 attorneys and judges attended. We celebrated the 200th anniversary of Lincoln’s birth and presented the following awards:
GCYLA’s Scholarships. Each high school senior awarded $1000.00 college scholarship. Pictured left to right, Benjy Shabot, former GCYLA President, and award winners, William Calve, Lena Silva and Eric James Van Matre, Jr.

GCYLA’s Liberty Bell award given to Mike Dean for his work on the Yaga’s Childrens Fund. Pictured: Mike Dean, and Robert Booth, former GCYLA President
Click Here to view (PDF) newspaper with award winners.
WRITINGS FROM OUR AWARD WINNERS:
William Calve (PDF)
Eric James Van Matre, Jr. (PDF)
Lena Silva (PDF)