Endorsements:
• NEW! The National Association of Social Workers
• NEW! Texas Public Employees Association
• NEW! The Texas
Chiropractic Association
• NEW! The Costal
Bend Pharmacy Association • Corpus Christi
Police Officer Association •
Corpus Christi
Association of City Employees/ United Steelworkers of America
• Corpus Christi American Federation of Teachers
• Texas Federation of Teachers
• Corpus Christi Educators Association
• Texas State Teachers Association
• Robstown Faculty Association
• Corpus Christi Firefighter Association Local 936
• African-American Ministers of Nueces County
• Coastal Bend Labor Council
• Fraternal Order of Police Corpus Christi Regional Lodge #27
• Lonestar Chapter of the Sierra Club
• Texas League of Conservation Voters
• National Association of Letter Carriers branch 1259
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 278
• International Longshoremen's Association Local No. 26 and Local No. 1692
• HOSPAC, The Texas Hospital Association State and Federal Political Action Committees
• NRA-PVF |
Experience • City Council,
Robstown, Texas, 1999-2003
•
Attorney with the law firm of Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams,
LLP, Corpus Christi, Texas
• Congressional Intern, Office of U.S. Congressman Martin Frost; Washington,
D.C. |
Education • Doctorate of Jurisprudence
The University of Texas School of Law
•
Bachelor of Arts; Political Science Texas A&M
University
• Valedictorian Robstown High School
• Council on Legal Education Opportunity Fellow |
Community Involvement
• Nueces County Parks Board
• Nueces County Civil Service
• Nueces County Rural Rail Transportation Authority Advisor
• Corpus Christi Barrios Association
• Corpus Christi Regional Transportation Authority Board
• Corpus Christi Bar Association
• Coastal Bend Council of Governments
• Gear-Up Committee, Robstown I.S.D.
• Robstown Improvement Development Corporation
• Regional Leaders Forum Participant
• Speaker/Participant at Area School District Events
• Flag Football Coach
•
Semi-Pro Football Player — South Texas Heat;
Kingsville Oilers
• Little League Baseball Coach
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Family
• Abel and his wife, Matilde Carrizales Herrero, have a three-year old daughter, Annalisa. |