2024 Symposium Speakers

Terry Brantley Hill
Attorney & Mental Health Advocate

"Stop Minding Your Own Business"

Terry Bentley Hill is a Dallas criminal defense attorney and nationally recognized mental health advocate who has become a vocal proponent for mental health rehabilitation in the criminal justice system. Additionally, Terry serves her profession as a leader in attorney wellness initiatives.
After earning a Broadcast Journalism degree from the University of Texas at Austin, Terry became a television news reporter covering the criminal courts. It was then that she decided to become a participant in rather than an observer of the legal system and made law school a goal.
The road to law school was long (twenty-five years) and fraught with life-quakes and tragedies that included the suicidal deaths of her former husband (an attorney) and youngest daughter. It was those events that defined the kind of attorney and advocate Terry would become.
At the age of fifty, Terry received her J.D. from Texas A & M University School of Law. Immediately after passing the bar exam, Terry volunteered with the Texas Lawyers Assistance Program and became active in the Dallas Bar Association’s Peer Assistance Committee.
A prolific writer, speaker, and CLE presenter, Terry’s advocacy for attorney wellness was rewarded with the State Bar of Texas Presidential Citation, The Texas Bar Foundation Terry Lee Grantham Award, The Texas A&M University School of Law Dean Emeritus Award, and the Mental Health of America Greater Dallas Prism Award.
Beyond her law related activities, Terry launched her own non-profit foundation with a focus on mental health awareness and education. It is through this organization that Terry carries her message of hope and healing to audiences throughout Texas and beyond. #stopmindingyourownbusiness.com.

Staff Sergeant Jason Morgan
Veteran & Bestselling Author

"The Wounded Warrior and the Dog Who Saved Him"

Staff Sergeant Jason Morgan grew up in North Dallas and enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1989.  SSgt Morgan qualified as a member of an elite special operations unit that provided meteorological and combat support for special operations.  In 1999 SSgt. Morgan volunteered to provide security during a special operation in the Andes Mountains. It was on that operation Morgan was severely injured. 
Jason Morgan is now a best-selling co-author of A Dog Called Hope: The Wounded Warrior and the Dog Who Saved Him.” His book is now published in 7 countries including Russia and has won two major international awards for excellence and featured on the Today Show. Jason and his dog have spoken all over the US, England and Scotland and has made appearances on morning television in America and England.