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By Natalie Posgate
Staff Writer for The Texas Lawbook
After a tight run-off, League City attorney Trey Apffel won the election for the president-elect of the State Bar of Texas.
Apffel defeated Steve Fischer of Rockport 14,721 votes to 13,290 votes. He will be sworn in as president-elect during the State Bar’s annual meeting June 20-21 in Dallas. His presidency will last from June 2014 to June 2015.
He is the owner and principal of the Apffel Law Firm in League City, a town that’s part of the Houston-Galveston metropolitan area. Apffel practices personal injury litigation, toxic torts and medical malpractice. He also handles family law and divorce matters.
Apffel has served a multitude of positions at the State Bar, including a member of the board of directors, the Executive Committee and chair of the Legislative Policy Committee. Currently he is a member of the College of the State Bar of Texas.
He is also involved in a variety of other legal organizations such as the American Board of Trial Advocates, Texas Bar Foundation, Galveston County Bar Association and Texas Trial Lawyers Association, where he currently serves as the director. From 1996 to 1997, Apffel was the Galveston County Bar Association’s president.
A graduate of Baylor Law School, Apffel has practiced in Galveston County for more than 30 years.
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