Cindy Tisdale
Family lawyer Cindy Tisdale was sworn in as president-elect during a State Bar of Texas Board of Directors meeting on June 9, 2022. She will serve as president of the SBOT from June 2023 to June 2024. Tisdale defeated Jose “Joe” Escobedo Jr. of Edinburg, receiving just over 51% of approximately 21,000 ballots cast.
Tisdale, with the Law Office of Cindy V. Tisdale in Granbury and of counsel to Lynch, Chappell & Alsup in Midland, is certified in family law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization. She earned her J.D. from Baylor Law School in 1995. Tisdale served as 2013-2014 chair of the State Bar of Texas Board of Directors. She also served as chair of the Texas Bar Foundation from 2017 to 2018 and chair of the State Bar Family Law Section from 2017 to 2018. She is a member of the American Board of Trial Advocates, a fellow in the American Academy of Family Law Specialists, a fellow in the International Academy of Family Law Specialists, a member of the Texas Bar College, and a member of the Pro Bono College of the State Bar of Texas.
