Baird or Brownwood.
Howlin,
Look at this.
http://www.vanosforsupremecourt.com/
David Van Os was the name of the guy that was listed as Burkett's lawyer in the NY Times piece that mentioned Knox.
LOOK AT THIS FROM HIS BIOGRAPHY PAGE.....Seems like the DNC might have been playing games here. HE WAS A GORE CHAD LAWYER
Political & Community Activities, Positions, & Honors
Ø Life Member, NAACP
Ø 1985-1995 – Member, Board of Directors, Texas Equal Access to
Justice Foundation, by appointment of Texas Supreme Court
Ø 1990 – President’s Citation for Achievement in Civil Rights, Austin NAACP
Ø 1990 – Civil Libertarian of the Year Award, Central Texas Chapter, ACLU
Ø 2002 – Texas Women’s Political Caucus “Good Guy” Award
Ø Attended every Texas Democratic State Convention since 1974
Ø Block-walked for Democratic Party general election tickets in 1972, 1974, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, and 2002
Ø President, Northeast Austin Democrats, 1978-1980
Ø Democratic Precinct Chairman, Travis County, 1981-88
Ø Travis County Democratic Party Chairman, 1996-98
Ø Ran in statewide General Election as Democrat for Texas Supreme Court, 1998
Ø 2000-2003 – Chairman, North East Bexar County Democrats
Ø 2001-03 – Democratic Precinct Chairman, Bexar County
Ø Represented Austin NAACP in federal voting rights suit over Austin City Council elections
Ø Represented LULAC in federal voting rights suit over Austin School Board elections
Ø Represented Central Texas ACLU in federal suit over re-segregation of Austin AISD elementary schools
Ø Traveled to Palm Beach, Florida, November-December 2000, to assist Democratic Party in vote recount efforts