Barbara Hanson Nellermoe

 

Judge, 45th District Court

 

Barbara Nellermoe was elected to the bench in November 2002 to a four-year term effective January 1, 2003.  She previously served as corporate counsel for Clear Channel Communications, focusing on employment matters, as an administrator at the law school, as staff attorney to Chief Justice Alma L. Lopez, and as law clerk to three federal district court judges. For ten years she engaged in private practice, representing clients in environmental, banking, securities, and other types of commercial litigation.  Judge Nellermoe is the Editor in Chief of the San Antonio Lawyer magazine and past president of the Bexar County Women's Bar Association. Both organizations have recognized her contributions by honoring her with the Belva Lockwood Outstanding Lawyer Award and the SABA President's Award for Outstanding Service to the Bar, respectively. In law school she was chosen Editor in Chief of the St. Mary's Law Journal and has since published a number of scholarly legal articles.  The Texas Bar Foundation selected her article, Professional Responsibility and the Litigator, 28 ST. MARY´S LAW JOURNAL 443, as the Outstanding Law Review Article of 1997. She serves on the board of the St. Luke's Lutheran Health Ministries Foundation, the Development Board of Texas Lutheran University, the UTSA College of Liberal & Fine Arts Advisory Council, and the board of Z-Place, a family center on the near west side which provides day care and recreation services to members of a deteriorating neighborhood. She served as congregational president of St. John's Lutheran Church from 1994 to 1998. Judge Nellermoe has been married since 1965 to John Nellermoe, an art professor at Texas Lutheran University. John also coached the TLU golf team for 13 years, including Cameron Beckman, who is on the PGA tour. Their daughter, Sara, is a TLU graduate and works for CBS in Minneapolis.

 

Education: Prior Judicial Experience: B.S., Concordia College, Moorhead MN (December 1965) M.A., Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN (August 1976) J.D., St. Mary´s University of San Antonio  (May 1983) Editor in Chief, St. Mary´s Law Journal (1982 - 1983) Federal Briefing attorney, Western District of Texas Judge Fred Shannon Chief Judge William S. Sessions Judge Edward C. Prado Staff attorney, Fourth Court of Appeals Central staff attorney/ ADR attorney Staff attorney to Justice Alma L. Lopez Professional Activities: Non-judicial Experience: State Bar of Texas Texas Bar Foundation Fellow Recipient, Outstanding Law Review Article Award College of the State Bar of Texas Board Member, Secretary, Vice-Chair, Chair Course Director, Sun Surf & CLE (Summer School) Editor, College Bulletin Bexar County Women´s Bar Association & Foundation Past-president Recipient, Belva Lockwood Outstanding Lawyer Award Former Editor, Equal Times San Antonio Bar Association & Foundation Editor in Chief, San Antonio Lawyer Recipient, President´s Award for Outstanding Service to the Bar Past Chair, Environmental Law Section Mexican-American Bar Association Scholarship Committee St. Mary´s University School of Law Interim Director of Career Services (2002) Associate Director for Academic Excellence (2002) Adjunct Professor, Legal Writing (1995-1999) Clear Channel Worldwide, Inc. (2000-2001) Corporate Counsel Director, Labor & Employment Resources Law Offices of Barbara Hanson Nellermoe (1991-1994) Shannon & Weidenbach, Inc. (1982-1988) Martin Shannon & Drought, Inc. (1985-1988) College professor (History, Women´s Studies, Marriage & Family courses) Public school teacher