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2008–2009 President
Bree Buchanan
About the President
TWL’s president for 2008, Bree Buchanan of Austin, has practiced law in the
public and private sector with a focus on advocating for the rights of both adult and child victims of family violence. Currently, she serves as the Executive
Director of Annie’s List, a statewide organization dedicated to electing women candidates to office. Prior to this, Ms. Buchanan was appointed as a Clinical
Professor and the Co-Director of the Children's Rights Clinic at the University of Texas School of Law. She also served as the Public Policy Director for the
Texas Council on Family Violence where she was responsible for development and implementation of their legislative and regulatory initiatives at both the state
and federal level. From 1989 to 1997, Ms. Buchanan served as a family law attorney for Legal Aid of Central Texas. She is a graduate of Southwestern
University and the U.T. School of Law.
Ms. Buchanan has written numerous articles and been a frequent speaker at
conferences on family violence laws and their impact on victims. She has conducted government relations and developed policy initiatives with a wide
variety of state agencies, including the Department of Family and Protective Services, Department of Human Services, Office of the Attorney General and
Department of Criminal Justice. In 2001, Ms. Buchanan was chosen to participate in the U.S.-Japan Society “Women in Public Policy” exchange
program and speaking tour of Japan on domestic violence policies.
Ms. Buchanan has been an appointee to the State Bar of Texas Child Abuse and
Neglect Committee and was a founder and board member of the Texas Women’s Coalition as well as a founder and board president of the Central
Texas Association of Counsel for Children. In 2005, Ms. Buchanan was presented with the Rogoff Award for outstanding contribution to public interest
law by the Austin Bar Association. She was named the “Outstanding Young Lawyer of 2000” in Austin, Texas, by the Austin Young Lawyers Association. In
the November 2006 elections, she was a candidate for the Third Court of Appeals.
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