The Houston Young Lawyers Association awarded MDJW associate Diana Perez this very prestigious award in recognition of her outstanding commitment to her practice, her service to the bar and her service to the community. It is an incredible honor for Diana to have received this Award, and to have won it as a first-time nominee is a rare accomplishment. Diana’s bar services have included serving or volunteering for close to a dozen Houston Bar Association committees and functions including the Will-a-Thon, Legal Lines, Consejos Legales (Spanish Legal Lines) and the IDEA program (which discusses the legal effects of drugs with young children). She served on the Board of Trustees for the Houston Bar Association HLRS (Houston Lawyer Referral Services) and Committee for Administration of Justice. She is presently the Vice President of the Hispanic Bar Association; and she is sitting as a committee member for the University of Texas School of Law. In addition to bar related activities, Diana’s community services include serving on her church’s Pastoral Council as a legal advisor and counselor. She has also assisted with numerous community volunteer organizations including State Representative Ana Hernandez’ Citizen’ Workshop and Landrum Middle School’s Passport to College Program.

Diana is now in a league of distinction which includes prior winners such as U.S. Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison, Fifth Circuit Judge Jennifer Elrod, Former Chief Justice of the Texas Supreme Court Thomas Phillips, Former State Bar President Kelly Frels, and many other attorneys who have set a standard of excellence. Her long list of community service and her volunteering of her time to benefit the bar continually serve as a brilliant example of what all lawyers should strive for. The entire MDJW family congratulates Diana on this great honor in recognition of her commitments to her community and to her work.