The award has been presented annually since 2016 to an outstanding first-year member of the College. The Texas Bar College created the award in memory of Steve Condos, one of the original Charter members of the College who served as an influential and hardworking member of the first College Board shortly before his untimely death.
The Steven G. Condos Award for Outstanding New Member to the College
2023 Recipient – Jillian L. Schumacher
Jill is an appellate lawyer who is Board Certified in Civil Appellate Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She has served as counsel of record in the Supreme Court of the United States, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, the Supreme Court of Texas, and intermediate courts of appeals throughout Texas. She has won local and state-wide awards for her advocacy. Jill was recently named the 2021-2022 Outstanding Young Lawyer of Houston by the Houston Young Lawyers Association and the 2021-2022 Outstanding Young Lawyer of Texas by the Texas Young Lawyers Association.
Before joining Daniels & Tredennick, Jill spent more than half a decade in public service as a judicial law clerk on two different appellate courts. She is involved in numerous community and bar activities. Notably, Jill currently serves as Chair of the Houston Bar Association’s Appellate Section. In addition to serving on the Appellate Council, Jill is the former Editor-in-Chief of the Appellate Lawyer. Jill contributes to the continuing legal education of appellate lawyers by speaking and writing about a variety of different appellate topics. Her work has been presented to other lawyers, including at the Texas State Bar’s Advanced Civil Appellate Practice Course.
Jill earned her law degree cum laude from Duke University School of Law, where she served as the Research Editor for the Duke Journal of Gender Law and Policy. Before law school, she graduated summa cum laude from Washington University in St. Louis, where she earned the Helen Stenner Memorial Prize for her writing in philosophy.
Past Recipients
2022
J. Collin Spring
2021
Shelly Joyner
2020
Carra Miller
2019
Geeta R. Dammanna
2018
Christine S. Wakeman
2017
Constance Filley Johnson
2016
Russell Blair Ross, Houston
2015
Rachael K. Jones, Austin
2014
Kirsten L. Ruehman, Houston
2013
Jessica L. Mikell, Houston
2012
Ms. Umeka Lewis, Houston
2011
Abraham Michael Khaleghi, Houston
2010
Allen L. Stidger, Fort Worth
2009
Edward Frank Penak, Austin
2008
Elizabeth Ann Gilday, Dallas
2007
Maxine Aaronson, Dallas
2006
Mary E. Ramos, Houston
2005
Leo A. Luebbehusen, Hurst
2004
Rebecca Denise McCrum Renfro, Deer Park
2003
Kristyn Swen Helge, Fort Worth
2002
Douglas F. Ocker, Houston
2001
Ben B. Fiedler, Houston
2000
Georgia L. Fenton, Sugar Land
1999
Teresa C. Trowers, Lubbock
1998
Lloyd D. Ronin, Houston
1997
Robert L. Cole, Jr., Quitman
1996
Andrew L. Fono, Jacksonville, NC
1995
John C. Juravich, Houston
1994
Gloria P. Martinez Senftner, Auburn, CA
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