Two committee chairs, two DAs-in-waiting and two advocates on making the system better by making it fairer.
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Levin founded the Texas Public Policy Foundation’s criminal justice program in 2005. In 2010, he developed the foundation’s Right on Crime initiative, a project in partnership with Prison Fellowship and the American Conservative Union Foundation that promotes conservative criminal justice reforms. Levin has published dozens of articles on law and public policy, which have appeared in publications including The Wall Street Journal and the National Law Journal.
Austin-Hillery is the executive director of U.S. programs at Human Rights Watch, an organization that investigates and reports on human rights issues across the world. In 2008, she opened the Washington, D.C., office of The Brennan Center. She served as the office’s first director and counsel and was the center’s chief representative before Congress and the executive branch. Austin-Hillery also worked as an attorney at Mehri & Skalet PLLC.
Collier, D-Fort Worth, has represented House District 95 since 2013. She serves as chair of the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee and as vice chair of the General Investigating Committee. She also sits on the Business and Industry Committee. Additionally, Collier works as a trial attorney and is partner at West & Associates LLP in Fort Worth.
White, R-Hillister, has represented House District 19 since 2010. He serves as chair of the House Corrections Committee and sits on the Judiciary and Civil Jurisprudence, Redistricting, and Driver's License Issuance and Renewal committees. Previously, White served as a government professor at Angelina College.
Garza is running for election for Travis County District Attorney in Texas after defeating the incumbent DA in the primary election run-off. Previously, he worked at Texas Rio Grande Legal Aid, where he won the office’s first acquittal at jury trial. Garza also served as deputy general counsel for the House Committee on Education and Labor and as a senior policy official at the U.S. Department of Labor.
Rocah is the Democratic nominee for Westchester County district attorney. She is a distinguished criminal justice fellow at Pace University Law School and previously served as an assistant U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York from 2001 to 2017, where she was chief of the Westchester Division for the Department of Justice. Rocah also served as a commentator and legal analyst on MSNBC and NBC.
