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Assistant County Attorney Receives The Texas 2009 “Civil Practitioner Of The Year” Award

Lee Shapleigh honored by the Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA).

The Texas District and County Attorneys Association (TDCAA) presented El Paso Assistant County Attorney Lee Shapleigh with the 2009 "Gerald Summerford" award, in a ceremony held last week in Dallas, Texas.

The "Gerald Summerford Award," also known as the "Civil Practitioner of the Year" award, recognizes Texas lawyers with long and distinguished careers who practice in the civil arena.

Lee Shapleigh was recognized for her work as Assistant County Attorney in El Paso for over 25 years, in which she has been the person primarily responsible for advising El Paso County Commissioners Court on a daily basis. Throughout the years, Ms. Shapleigh has built a state-wide reputation for providing sound, accurate, objective and cool-headed legal advice.

Her knowledge and grasp of the law regarding the complex and changing nature of Texas county government has allowed her to become recognized all over Texas as an expert on many subjects - everything from tax policies to the proper way to dispose of sewage.

Ms. Shapleigh was also recognized for mentoring lawyers in the complexities, benefits, and challenges of public law practice and for recruiting many attorneys in private practice back into the public sector.

El Paso County Attorney José R. Rodríguez said he is extremely proud of having such an experienced attorney working for the office.

"The quality of work that Ms. Shapleigh performs every day does not only help county officials and employees to make sound, legal decisions; it has also allowed the County of El Paso to protect taxpayer's money by preventing legal mistakes that could lead to the payment of expensive judgments," Rodriguez added.

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Summerford Award Press Release.pdf

Published Jun 10 2009, 11:30 AM by edominguez
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Elhiu Dominguez was born in Cuauhtémoc, Chihuahua, México. He moved to the Ciudad Juárez - El Paso area in 1988 to study Mass Communications at the Chihuahua State University (UACH). He later obtained a Bachelor’s Degree in Journalism from the University of Texas at El Paso in 1994. Elhiu began his professional career in 1989 as a reporter for Norte de Juarez newspaper. In 1994 he was employed at Canal 26, the local Univision affiliate in El Paso, as photojournalist, producer, and later as a reporter. In 1998, after a brief period as Weekend Assignments Editor at KDBC Channel 4, the local CBS affiliate, Elhiu returned to work at Univision 26 as a senior reporter. He was later assigned in 1999 as the Texas-New Mexico correspondent for the Univision Network’s news magazine “Primer Impacto”, a position that he held until his resignation in 2005 to become Assignments Editor at KFOX Channel 14, the local FOX network affiliate. Elhiu left KFOX in 2006 to become the Public Affairs Officer for the El Paso County Attorney’s Office. During his more than 15 years of experience as journalist, Elhiu has received numerous awards, among them “La Columna de Oro” for a special series of stories regarding the murders of women in Juárez, and several first and second place awards by the New Mexico and Texas Associated Press in the categories of investigative reporting, breaking news, and feature stories.