The State Bar of Texas Women and the Law Section is overjoyed to announce the 2024 inaugural Judy L. Ney Serviam Award, dedicated to recognizing exemplary section members who have dedicated their time, effort, innovation and service to the Women and the Law Section. Named in honor of Judge Judy L. Ney, the Serviam award acknowledges service to the improvement of, and access to, legal services, mentorship, volunteerism to professional and legal organizations and the continuing effort to advance female attorneys in the State of Texas. JUDY L. NEY received her Bachelor of Arts degree from Bradley University, a Master of Arts degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis, and her law degree from South Texas College of Law. She is recognized as a leader of the State Bar of Texas in promoting professionalism, legal education, community engagement, and individual rights. She has served as a Section Representative to the Board of Directors, Chair of the Section Representatives to the State Bar Board Committee, Chair of the Women in the Profession section, Chair of the Women and the Law Section, Chair of the Disability Issues Committee, Chair and Founding Member of the Worker’s Compensation Section, and is a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation and Texas Bar College. Judge Ney has received the Presidential Citation for Service to the Bar as well as the Barbed Wire Award for Lifetime Achievement in Workers’ Compensation. She has served on the Grievance Committee, the Pro Bono College, the Professionalism Committee, the Lawyers in Public School Program, Senior Lawyer’s Committee, the Continuing Legal Education Committee and Co-Chair both the Law Day and the Minority Opportunities Committee. Judge Ney is currently the team lead for the Eastern Region of the Administrative Law Judges with the Texas Division of Worker’s Compensation Commission and benefit review officers in the Coastal Region of Hearings. Before joining DWC, she was in private practice concentrating in disabilities law and First Amendment rights. She is also a certified mediator. Judge Ney is also the proud and loving mother of Leo E. Ney IV and grandmother of Allison Ney, of New Orleans, LA; sister of James Larson (Renay Larson) of Evanston, IL and Jan Larson (Colin Marstin), of Cambewarra, NSW, Australia.