Cletus Schenk

Attorney of Counsel

Born in Scotland, Texas, June 11, 1928

Admitted to the State Bar of Texas, 1958; U.S. District Court, Northern and Eastern Districts of Texas, 1959, U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits and U.S. Supreme Court 1969.

Practice Areas:

• Family Law
• Personal Injury
• Criminal Law
• Civil Litigation

Education:

• 1955 Midwestern State University, B.A.
• 1958 University of Texas, J.D.

Member:

Wichita County Bar Association (President, 1974); State Bar of Texas; The Association of Trial Lawyers of America; Tri-County Bar Association; College of the State Bar of Texas; Praetors, Alderman, City of Wichita Falls, 1964-1970; Mayor Protem, City of Wichita Falls, 1970; President, 1963-1993 and Chairman 1989-1995 Wichita County Mounted Patrol, Inc.

Cyndi Schenk

Attorney

Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, December 10, 1961 Admitted to the State Bar of Texas, 1988; Admitted to the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas in 1999.

Practice Areas:

• Family Law
• Personal Injury
• Criminal Law
• Civil Litigation
• Probate Wills

Education:

• Attended Midwestern State University, Summer 1980
• Texas Tech University, B.A., 1984
• Attended Oxford University, Oxford, England, Summer 1986
• Phi Alpha Delta; President, Student Bar Association; Oklahoma City University
• Oklahoma City University School of Law, J.D., 1987
• Attended Harvard Law School of Mediation

Member:

• Wichita County Bar Association, Member
• State Bar of Texas, Member
• College of the State Bar of Texas
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• Former Assistant County Attorney (Brazos County), Wichita County Mental Health Association, Former Board Member Big Brothers & Sisters, Former President (Wichita County) First Step, Former Board of Director District 14A Grievance Committee Member (2004 - 2010)
• Frequent guest speaker at Conference for Women, Member of Wichita County Family Law Advisory Committee (appointed by Honorable Bob Brotherton).

Recognition and Awards:

• Recipient, Outstanding Young Woman of America
• Cyndi was voted Texoma's Best Attorney in 2007 in the Wichita Falls Times Record News.
• Appointed by Federal District Judge, Honorable Reed O'Connor, to serve as a member of the Merit Selection Panel.
• Has served as a specially appointed felony prosecutor in Wichita and Montague County, Texas.
• Co-Chair of the 2014 Wichita Falls Cattle Baron's Ball benefitting the American Cancer Society.
• The Law Firm of Schenk, Schenk & Haines was awarded the Better Business Bureau Small Business Torch Award in 2013.

Hobbies:

• Playing the fiddle, pedal steel guitar and acoustic guitar.
• Golf

Lee Ann Haines

Attorney

Born in Mobile, Alabama, May 10, 1960 Admitted to the State Bar of Texas, 2000; U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas 2000

Practice Areas:

• Family Law
• Personal Injury
• Criminal Law
• Civil Litigation

Education:

• Texas/Preparatory Education, University of Houston, B.S., 1982
• Midland State College Certified Legal Assistant, 1996
• South Texas College of Law, J.D., 1999
• Attended Harvard Law School of Mediation

Recognition and Awards:

• Served as a specially appointed felony prosecutor in Wichita County, Texas.
• Co-Chair of the 2014 Wichita Falls Cattle Baron's Ball benefitting the American Cancer Society.
• The Law Firm of Schenk, Schenk & Haines was awarded the Better Business Bureau Small Business Torch Award in 2013.

Member:

• State Bar of Texas
• Texas Trial Lawyers Association
• Former Member of Texas District and County Attorneys Association; Former Assistant District Attorney, (Wichita County, 2000-2003).
• Frequent guest speaker at Conference for Women.