Tariq Gladney is the managing attorney of Lone Star Legal Aid's Richmond office and a recipient of the prestigious National Conference of Bankruptcy Judges' Blackshear Presidential Fellowship. Growing up in Missouri City, he has seen the population, along with the need for access to justice, increase exponentially in Fort Bend County. Appointed by the State Bar of Texas president, Mr. Gladney serves as vice-chair of the Standing Committee on Legal Services to the Poor in Civil Matters. He has been honored with the Houston Young Lawyers Foundation Fellowship, an achievement bestowed upon only one percent of Houston Young Lawyers Association members. He is also a regular guest speaker at the University of Houston Law Center's Government & Public Interest Law Table Talk.