remembered for?
CB: Hopefully for making a big
impact on the early education of chil-
dren in Parker County.
grandchildren. I’m proud of all my
grandchildren and love spending time
with them.
PCT: What is your favorite way to
pay it forward?
CB: Giving back to our community
and our church.
PCT: If you could have lunch with
anyone, living or dead in history,
who would it be?
CB: Maria Montessori, hands down
would be my number two. Obviously
my number one would be Jesus …
and I would most likely be speech-
less.
PCT: If you weren’t doing the job you
are doing now, you would be....
CB: I suppose I’d go back into the
food manufacturing industry under
the quality control umbrella.
PCT: What is your definition of your
best day ever?
CB: Relaxing at the spa with my mom
and my daughter, Emmalyn.
PCT: What is the coolest thing you
have ever done?
CB: Opening my Montessori school!
PCT: What are the best words of
wisdom to live by?
CB: Every day many not be a good
day, but there is good in every day.
Daniel Carney
Daniel is an attorney with Vick
Carney
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Parker County Today: How did you
get into your occupation (criminal
law)?
DC: I was the first district attorney
that Parker County ever had. I had
known Mac all my life through his
brothers. I knew who he was. We
struck up a friendship when I began
law school. I came back to intern
while I was still in law school. That’s
when we did that Alex Tandy case.
I got into criminal law through that
process. I spent those seven years
doing felony criminal trials.
PCT: What is your favorite novel?
Photo by Jake Felts
DC: Most of what I read these days
is law books. When I have time, I get
outside. I’m more of a get out and do
type of guy than sit down and read.
PCT: What do you do to decompress?
DC: I love being in the outdoors. My
entire life has been in the outdoors. I
started to go to Alaska about 30 years
ago and I have been back every year
since I first started. There have been
years when I’ve gone three times in
one year. About 15 years ago, I took
my wife fly fishing in Alaska. It was
one of the biggest mistakes that I’ve
ever made. I haven’t been able to go
back without her and she’s a better
fly fisherman than I am. She’s an
excellent fly fisherman. We took my
granddaughter and my two daugh-
ters fly fishing. The place we go to is
extremely remote.
PCT: What gets you out of bed each
morning?
DC: Probably the young people
who need help. These young kids
that made a mistake and sometimes
are not violent mistakes, its DWI or
drugs, or their emotions ran away
from them and they end up in family
violence situation. Most are not
horrific violence, but they did some-
thing they should not have done.
I enjoy working with people who
don’t have any prior problems and
are good people that made a mistake.
They need to solve their problem and
I’m motivated to work for people,
especially the young ones, and help
solve their problem. And my four
PCT: What is something people don’t
know about you?
DC: Most people don’t understand
my deep affections for the outdoors
and being there every moment I can.
The only thing that is rather close to
that is being with my family. Being
in the outdoors and being able to
travel and enjoy those kinds of trips. I
truly enjoy doing that. I look forward
to taking my family on those kinds
of trips. It’s the best of both worlds
getting to combine my family with
the other love of my life.
PCT: What would you most like to be
remembered for?
DC: That I tried to be innovative
and that I wouldn’t give up and kept
going. That I keep working for my
clients to get the best outcome that I
could get for them.
PCT: What is your favorite case?
DC: There are so many over the
years. My favorite cases are the
clients that I was able to make a real
difference in their life. I have had a
number of young, young people who
have walked back through my door
ten years after I represented them in
full dress military with all the colors
and ribbons on their uniform. They
come and shake my hand and tell me
that I made all the difference in the
world to them. There’s the payback
that really motivates me to do what
I’m doing. I enjoy doing what I do
and being affirmed that it did make a
difference.
Amber Gartner
Amber is the owner of Bow
and Arrow
Parker County Today: How did you
get into your occupation?
AG: A total fluke ... We had a close
friend who was getting married and
we were shocked that there wasn’t
a bridal shop any where in Parker
County. And, I thought hey, I can do
this!
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