Slack & Davis takes pride in saluting these staff members who have been with our firm for at least five years: (top row, l. to r.) Janie Urrea, 1997; Bonnie Zook, 1993; Leslie Preston, 1998 (no longer with the firm); (bottom row, l. to r.) Janie Zapata, 1996; Elizabeth Spivey, 1998; Rosie Lachico, 1994.

1993 - Firm opens doors; first staff hire: Bonnie Zook, Administrator

1994 - Attorney Donna Bowen joins firm; S&D publishes first newsletter

1995 - Settlement reached in claim involving death of Stevie Ray Vaughan

1996 - Mike Davis elected president of the Capital Area Trial Lawyers Association

1997 - Mike Slack elected president of Texas Trial Lawyers Association

1998 - Resolution of claim involving death of singer-songwriter Walter Hyatt; S&D pledges gifts of $5,000 each to five Austin non-profits over five years

1999 - S&D attorneys appointed to Fen-Phen Discovery Committee; Mike Slack plays key role in national Norplant settlement

2000 - Donna Bowen named partner

2001 - S&D co-sponsors annual “Five Who Care” community service awards, along with KVUE-TV and Frost Bank; S&D launches first TV ad campaign; Donna Bowen manages over 60 cases involving defective Sulzer hip implants

2002 - S&D implements “9 to 15” program to resolve new cases within an average of nine to 15 months; Attorney John C. “Rusty” Allman joins firm full-time after serving “of counsel” since 1997; Web site goes live with all new look

2003 - Attorney Ladd Sanger joins firm; S&D opens office in Dallas; Firm sponsors Kinko’s PGA Champions Golf Tournament; S&D is on the mooooovve to new “digs”