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from April 3 through April 10, Texas
CPS removed 439 children that were
under the age of 18 from the church’s
YFZ Ranch, while law enforcement,
including the Texas Rangers, execut-
ed their search and arrest warrants on
the premises.
“When that whole thing shook
out, they decided that they needed
lawyers to represent all those chil-
dren. They looked to me and said,
‘Do you think you could find lawyers
to represent those kids?’” Vick said. “I
said, ‘Sure.’ It was on a Wednesday
or Thursday and the hearing was
going to be the following Thursday.
So, I had about a week to get, I
thought, 10 or 20 lawyers to go down
there. The law didn’t require a differ-
ent lawyer for each one of those kids.
Then they said, ‘We don’t have any
money to pay these lawyers. Can you
get 10 lawyers to take these cases
pro-bono?’”
Again Vick said, “Sure.”
Then, Vick got a call the next day
from a representative of the Texas
Supreme Court. It seemed things had
changed. He said, “The judge down
there has decided that she wants a
lawyer for each child. Do you think
you could find 400 lawyers to go
down there for free?”
Vick’s answer was the same.
“I said, ‘Sure we can,’” Vick said.
“In about four days we mobilized the
entire Family Law Bar and all those
great people went to El Dorado,
Texas. Somewhere, I have a picture
of all those lawyers lining up to get
into the courthouse, the morning the
hearing started. That was my proud-
est day as a lawyer, seeing so many
of my colleagues come from all over
the state to safeguard the rights of
those children.”
That’s when Vick was first
bombarded by other lawyers who
wanted him to run for President of
the Texas Bar. Vick’s answer was,
“Never.”
As recently as 2014, Vick was
still saying that he would never
run for president of the Texas Bar
Association. What changed?
“It takes a lot of time,” Vick said.
“You have to do it at the right time in
your life.”
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