Lisa Michalk for 221st District Court
Hello everyone. I hope you are planning on voting in the early election that is taking place now or in the general election which begins in a few weeks.
Most of you know that I NEVER get involved in politics, but have decided to make an exception to that rule in the election of the 221st District Court.
I am in that court on a weekly basis as well as being in all of the other courts in Montgomery County with great frequency. I have seen good judges, in-between judges and some really bad ones.
While there is no way to predict how well a person will serve as judge, one thing is certain . . . Montgomery County needs experienced judges that can follow the law and are experienced at dealing with legal resolutions they will be called upon to make.
I am fully supporting Lisa Benge Michalk in her bid to become the next judge of the 221st District Court. While Lisa is a close friend, my support is not based on my friendship with her and her family.
My support comes from working with her and around her, day in and day out, for the past 8 years. She is a fantastic attorney that conscientiously cares about the quality of her work. She has worked as a lawyer in several different jobs ranging from prosecutor for the Montgomery County District Attorney's Office to appeals attorney, and also as a criminal defense attorney - one of the best we have in Montgomery County.
Her opponent is a professional politician who labels himself as a "judge" but he holds no judicial seat. He also has no criminal law experience and is running for election in a court that is designated as a criminal court!
I have seen way too many judges that were more concerned with being elected to the bench and not whether or not they were qualified to be sitting over certain types of cases???? Montgomery County does not need that sort of problem, again.
Lisa has the experience and the knowledge. She is one of the few attorneys that I have personally called upon for advice and she will make an excellent criminal court judge because of her vast criminal law experience and knowledge.
One of her many goals for that court is to efficiently run the court so that your tax dollars are not wasted.
You may not know this, but the county must appoint an attorney to represent someone who is indigent. Currently, there may be as many as 20 attorneys lined up in court that your dollars are paying for on an hourly basis. Sometimes they are left sitting there for several hours. While these attorneys sit, for hours, waiting to be called, you are paying their bill. Sometimes thousands of dollars per day!
Lisa has a very good plan to quickly move and resolve all cases as she should . . . she has sat and observed the 221st District Court in action for several years and has a host of great ideas to reduce the time and expense of dealing with these cases. Her opponent has none.
She is also supported by her former opponents Scott Golemon and David Oneal as well as numerous other entities as organizations involved in the business of the legal community. Please visit her website to see a list of her supporters at Lisa Benge Michalk for Judge.
Recently the Conroe Courier also publicly announced it's support for Lisa.
Lisa Michalk is my choice for the 221st and I hope you will read and learn about her so that you too, will feel that she is your choice.
Please get out and vote for Lisa Michalk for the 221st District Court of Montgomery County.
Thank you and everyone be sure to have a great day!
