Jerry Secrest received his Bachelor of Laws degree from Baylor University in 1968 after receiving his Bachelor of Business Administration degree from Baylor in 1966. Upon graduating from law school he became a Special Agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation and served in Springfield, Illinois and New York City. Jerry then returned to his hometown of Temple, Texas to join the Bell County District Attorney's Office and later entered the private practice of law in 1973 with a prominent local firm. In 1985 Jerry opened CentraLand Title Company with Richard Mewhinney and continues to be a co-owner today with attorney Thomas Baird. Jerry has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell, is a Sustaining Life Fellow in the Texas Bar Foundation and focuses his law practice on real estate and other transactional work.

EDUCATION
Baylor University (BBA, 1966; LLB, 1968)

CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
Special Agent, FBI: Springfield, Illinois and New York City
Assistant District Attorney, 27th Judicial District, Bell County, Texas
Private Law Practice, 1973-present
Admitted to Practice in the Western District of Texas and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
President: Bell, Lampasas, Mills Counties Bar Association
Vice President, CentraLand Title Company
State Bar of Texas:
    President's Award, 1996
    Member, Board of Directors (Co-Outstanding 3rd Year Director)
    Chair, Texas Commission for Lawyer Discipline
    Volunteer Trial Attorney, Special Disciplinary Counsel Program
Texas Bar Foundation, Sustaining Life Fellow
Former Member:
    Board of Directors, Texas Association of Defense Counsel
    Board of Directors, Baylor Law School Alumni Association
    Texas Bank Lawyers Association
    American Board of Trial Advocates

CHURCH AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT
First United Methodist Church, Temple:
    Chair, Administrative Board
    Chair, Board of Trustees
    Chair, Staff-Parish Relations Committee
    Finance Committee
Texas Methodist Foundation:
    Chair, Board of Directors
    General Counsel
Past Chair, Temple Planning Commission
Past Member Temple Economic Development Corp. Board of Directors
Present Member, Scott and White Health Plan Board of Directors

Jamey Secrest received his Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Baylor University with a concentration in general civil litigation in 1999 and began his law practice in Temple upon admission to the State Bar of Texas that same year. He has served as President of the Bell County Young Lawyers Association and was honored by his peers as the Bell County Young Lawyer of the Year in 2003. In 2005 Jamey was elected to serve as the District 9 Director of the Texas Young Lawyers Association (TYLA) and was given the TYLA President's Award after his first year of service. He is a graduate of Leadership Temple and is a Fellow in the Texas Bar Foundation. Jamey has a general civil law practice in Temple, focusing on real estate, transactional work, probate, wills and litigation.

EDUCATION

Baylor University (Juris Doctor, Concentration in General Civil Litigation, 1999)
Texas Christian University (BA/English, History Minor, 1994)

CHURCH AND CIVIC INVOLVEMENT

President, Bell County Bar Association (2008-2009)
Director, Temple Area Builders Association (2008-2009)
Commissioner, Planning and Zoning Commission for City of Temple, Texas (2007-2010)
Director, Texas Young Lawyers Association (2005-2007)
President-Elect, Bell County Bar Association (2007-2008)
Treasurer, Bell County Bar Association (2006-2007)
Secretary, Bell County Bar Association (2005-2006)
Director, Bell County Bar Association (2002-2005)
President, Bell County Young Lawyers Association (2002-2003)
Fellow, Texas Bar Foundation (since 2003)
State Bar of Texas, Local Bar Services Committee (2002-2009)
Administrative Board Chair for First United Methodist Church of Temple, Texas (2006) Commissioner, Zoning Board of Adjustments for City of Temple, Texas (2004-2007) Chairman, Staff Parish Relations Committee for First United Methodist Church (2003) Board of Directors, McGowan-Stephens Church School (2002-2005)
Board of Directors, Communities in Schools (2000-2003)
Chair, Attorney Division for United Way of Central Texas (2002-2003)
Member, State Bar of Texas (1999-present)
Member, Texas Young Lawyers Association (1999-present)
Member, Temple Area Home Builders Association (1999-present)
Member, Temple Chamber of Commerce (1999-present)
Member , Temple Lions Club (2007-present)
Graduate, Leadership Temple (1996)

AWARDS

President’s Award of Merit, Texas Young Lawyers Association (2006-2007)
President's Award, Texas Young Lawyers Association (2005-2006)
Bell County Young Lawyer of the Year (2003)