Stephanie Townsend Allala
Practice Areas
- Probate Administration
- Elder Law
- Medicaid Planning
- Asset Protection
- Estate Planning
Education
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University of Texas School of Law. Austin, TX
- J.D. 2002
- Member, National Championship team Judge John Brown Admiralty Moot Court; Member, National Finalist team, National Criminal Defense Mock Trial; Judging Director, Board of Advocates; Associate Editor, Texas Hispanic Journal of Law and Politics.
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University of Texas-El Paso, El Paso, TX
- BA 2000
- Communication, Outstanding Graduate in Broadcasting
- Outstanding Graduate in Broadcasting at the University of Texas at El Paso
Bar Association
- El Paso Women's Bar Association
- El Paso Women's Bar Auxiliary, El Paso Bar Azsociation
- El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
- El Paso Association of Hispanic Journalists
- CASA of El Paso
Experience
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2004-present Townsend Allala Coulter & Kludt, El Paso, TX
- Attorney/ President
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2003-04 Eighth Court of Appeals, El Paso, TX
- Law Clerk, Justice Susan Larsen
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1985-89; 1994-98 KVIA-TV ABC 7, El Paso, TX
- Anchor, Reporter
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1989-93 El Paso Times, El Paso, TX
- Business Writer
Awards
- Ray and Kay Bailey Hutchison Scholarship In Law.
- Clarence Leon Carter Endowed Presidential Scholarship in Law
- El Paso/El Chuco Person of the Year 2013-2014
- 2022 El Paso Community College Certificate of Appreciation as presenter
- 2023 Outstanding Member for the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys – TexasChapter
Professional Organizations
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Current
- Director and Treasurer, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys- Texas
- Director of the Board of Bienvivir Senior Health Services
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Past
- Chapter Past Board member, El Paso Probate Bar Association
- President, El Paso Women's Bar Association 2005
- El Paso Bar Association 2005-2008
- Writer/Editor, El Paso Bar Journal
- Former President, El Paso Press Club, Volunteer for El Paso
- Air Force Recruiting
- Volunteer for Wiggs Middle School PTA
- Former Board Member of the El Paso High PTA
- Volunteer for El Paso Bar Journal
- Past Member, El Paso Independent School District Budget Review Board
Languages Spoken
- English
- Spanish
About Stephanie Townsend Allala
Stephanie Townsend Allala is a veteran journalist and El Paso elder law attorney. After two decades in radio, television, and newspaper, she took her advocacy in a different direction- helping the disenfranchised. Ms. Townsend Allala graduated from the University of Texas School of Law in Austin, where she was the Ray and Kay Bailey Hutchison Scholarship recipient. She was also an Outstanding Graduate in Broadcasting at the University of Texas at El Paso.
She devotes her life to public service, and has served as the President and or Director of all of the following organizations: The El Paso Women's Bar Association, El Paso Women's Bar Auxiliary, El Paso Bar Association, El Paso Press Club, El Paso Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, El Paso Association of Hispanic Journalists, and CASA of El Paso. She also spent four years as a Director on the Board of Nazareth Living Care Facility, a non-profit charitable skilled nursing facility. It was her work on the Board of Directors for Nazareth that helped her to understand the difficulties in the placement of certain individuals with special capacity issues. For example, many times persons with advanced dementia, schizophrenia and chronic psychosis find themselves suddenly homeless, because there are few facilities capable of caring for people with advanced dementia and mental illness. Ms. Townsend Allala helps these families find permanent homes for their loved ones.
Stephanie has also spoken at a number of engagements due to her in-depth knowledge of Probate, Estate Planning, and Long-Term Care Planning. Some of these include:
- July 9, 2020 - Let's Talk Series (Alzheimer's Association)
- July 29, 2020 – 2020 Texas NAELA Summer Conference.
- October 2, 2020 - APS - 37th Annual Adult Protective Services (APS) Conference:
- November 12-13, 2020 - 28th Annual EPI Speaker.
- February 6, 2021 - Delta Kappa Gamma
- February 8, 2021 - El Paso Bar Association Conference.
- February 23, 2021 - Panel Discussion at St. Mary's University School of Law.
- June 14, 2021 – WellMed Medical Management, Inc.
- July 2, 2021 – UTCLE Virtual Studio Webcast First Friday Ethics.
- September 17, 2021 - Texas NAELA
- October 19, 2021 - 38th Annual Adult Protective Services Conference
- November 10, 2021 - The University of Texas School of Law Continuing Legal Education Fall Presentations.
- December 9, 2021 - The University of Texas School of Law Continuing Legal Education Fall Presentations.
- January 11 and 12, 2022 – El Paso Community College Spring Presentations.
- April 27, 2022 - Texas Academy of Elder Law Attorneys (TLAP)
- May 23, 2022 - Bienvivir All-Inclusive Senior Health
- June 13, 2022 - Wellmed Medical Management
- August 17-18, 2022 - El Paso Community College Fall Presentations
- On-going: Resident Relations HOME Community Essential Elder Law Presentations.