[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”35799″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Melanie Flowers” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
Bio Here
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”SOCIAL” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1512395516081{border-radius: 2px !important;}”]
Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”CURRENT OCCUPATION” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
Owner and managing attorney at Flowers Firm, P.C.
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”EDUCATION” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
Howard University
South Texas College of Law
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”STATE BAR LICENSURE” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
1996
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- Appointed to serve as Special Master to the 309th Family District Court by then Judge Eva Guzman, as substitute for the vacationing Associate Judge.
- Appointed to serve as Special Master to the 311th Family District Court by then Judge Denise Pratt, as substitute for the vacationing Associate Judge.
- Appointed by County Judge Ed Emmett and Commissioners Court to serve on the Sheriff’s Civil Service Commission to hear officer appeals. A quasi-judicial proceeding.
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”BOARD CERTIFICATIONS” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
Family Law
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”COURTS ADMITTED TO” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- Texas Supreme Court
- S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”HONORS & AWARDS” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- Requested Speaker at Texas Family Law Conference, Marriage Dissolution Institute
- Former Faculty Member of the American Bar Association esteemed Family Law Trial Institute
- Appointed Board Member to City of Houston Higher Education Finance Corporation
- Fellow with the American Leadership Forum
- Guest Appearance on KSEV 700 – Homework Houston
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”REPUBLICAN PARTY INVOLVEMENT” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- Senate Republican Executive Committeewoman for SD13
- Past-President of Daughters of Liberty Republican Women
- Precinct Chair for District 0140
- Delegate at Republican State Conventions for Precinct 0140
- Secretary for the Auxiliary Committee of SREC
- Former member of the Judicial Screening Committee of the HCRP
- Raised funds and worked on Republican candidate campaigns since 1996
- Sponsored creation of young Republicans group at local high school
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”PRIOR ELECTION RESULTS” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- 2014 – Primary for 247th Family District Court. – 29.82% in 3-way race. Did not make runoff.
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”KEY ENDORSEMENTS” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- Terry Lowry
- Dr. Steven Hotze
- Gary Polland
- Texas Land Commissioner, Sid Miller
- Texas Republican Party, National Committeeman Robin Armstrong
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/2″][vc_single_image image=”35798″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” style=”vc_box_circle_2″][vc_custom_heading text=”Alyssa Lemkuil” font_container=”tag:h4|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
I was honored to be appointed by Governor Greg Abbott to serve as Judge of the 507th Family District Court, and I ask for your vote to return to the family court bench.
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”SOCIAL” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
Website | Facebook | Twitter | LinkedIn
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”CURRENT OCCUPATION” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
Attorney / Mediator
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”EDUCATION” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
Texas A&M University
University of Houston Law Center
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”STATE BAR LICENSURE” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
1992
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”JUDICIAL EXPERIENCE” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- Judge, 507th Family District Court – 2016
- Associate Judge, 308th Family District Court – 2012-2015
- Appointed to serve as Special Master to the 309th Family District Court by then-Judge Eva Guzman as substitute for the Associate Judge
- Appointed to serve as Special Master to the 310th Family District Court by Judge Lisa Millard as substitute for the Associate Judge
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”BOARD CERTIFICATIONS” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
Family Law
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”COURTS ADMITTED TO” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- All courts of the state of Texas
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”HONORS & AWARDS” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- Appointed by Governor Greg Abbott as the first judge of the 507th Family District Court
- Rated Excellent/Outstanding or Above Average by over 70% of respondents on 2013 and 2015 Houston Bar Association Judicial Evaluation Questionnaire
- Trained family law mediator since 1994
- Child support prosecutor and “Friend of the Court” with Harris County Domestic Relations Office for 10 years
- Represented parties in family law cases in trial courts, courts of appeals, and Texas Supreme Court
- Married since 2000, one daughter
Speaker at various continuing legal education seminars:
- Family Bar of Fort Bend, December 2017
- Family Lawyers of Texas, Highlights – Family Law Year in Review, September 2017
- ESCAPE Family Resource Center, Lunch with the State Judiciary, September 2016
- National Business Institute, What Family Court Judges Want You to Know, 2016
- Houston Bar Association Java with the Judges, April 2016
- Houston Bar Association Family Law Section Luncheon, 2012, 2013, 2015
- Houston Bar Association Family Law Institute, 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015
- University of Texas Family Law on the Front Lines Course, June 2004
- University of Houston Law Foundation Family Law Practice Seminar, October 2003
- State Bar of Texas Advanced Family Law Course, August 2003
- Harris County Youth & Family Services Division Conference, 2000
- Harris County Precinct 5 Constable Training, 1999
- Texas Association of Domestic Relations Offices Annual Conference, 1995, 2015
- Harris County Juvenile Ad Litem Training Seminar, 1994, 1995
Houston Bar Association Family Law Handbook, Contributing Author, 2001
Harris County IV-D Committee, 1996-1998
Houston Bar Association, Juvenile Law Section Director, 1995-1996[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”REPUBLICAN PARTY INVOLVEMENT” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- Unanimously nominated by Harris County Republican Party Executive Committee as the Republican candidate for the 507th District Court in the 2016 general election
- HCRP Grassroots Club Member, 2017
- HCRP Cornerstone Club Member, 2016
- HCRP Senate District Convention Sponsor, 2016
- Volunteer on Republican candidate campaigns
- Committed Republican voter – since 1996, voted in only Republican primaries and voted in all general elections in gubernatorial and presidential years
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”PRIOR ELECTION RESULTS” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- 2016 – General, 507th, lost to Julia Maldonado, 52.5% – 47.5%
[/vc_column_text][vc_custom_heading text=”KEY ENDORSEMENTS” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:center” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
- Over 500 family lawyers
- Over 100 precinct chairs, SD chairs, and SREC members
- Texas Conservative View
- Kingwood Tea Party
- Houston Realty Business Coalition
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_message]Note: The information above is gathered from a variety of resources. Candidates are welcomed and encouraged to add to the information or correct the information via the Contact page.[/vc_message][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_custom_heading text=”Slate Endorsements” font_container=”tag:h3|text_align:left” use_theme_fonts=”yes”][vc_column_text]
| Slate | Flowers | Lemkuil |
| Link Letter | X | |
| CRTX | X | |
| TCR | X | |
| TCV | X | |
| CCHC | ||
| URHC |
[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]