16th Annual HCCASA Ad Litem Seminar Presents: TOGETHER IN MOTION

Tami Logsdon, LPC-S

 Tami is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor with 15 years’ experience working with adolescents in inpatient, school, and detention settings. Tami’s passion is bereavement support for children, adolescents, and adults. Specialties include bereavement counseling following death by suicide utilizing narrative therapy combined with expressive arts therapy.

 Tami is the Grief Education Specialist for the Children’s Bereavement Center of South Texas, located in San Antonio, Texas. She regularly presents on children’s grief for local school districts, non-profit community organizations, counseling programs and recently presented for Communities In Schools Whole Child-Whole Community Conference 2025.

 Texas License #64068

Kathleen Sauvage

Kathleen Sauvage is a graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law where she received her law degree in 2016. Prior to attending St. Mary’s, Mrs. Sauvage received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Currently, Mrs. Sauvage resides in San Antonio with her husband Tyler, daughters Emma and Allyson, as well as her three dogs. At the beginning of her legal career, Mrs. Sauvage interned at the Bexar County staff attorney’s office for the Civil District Courts and was a part time law clerk for the Ireland Law firm. After obtaining her license to practice law, Mrs. Sauvage was kept on as a junior associate at Huesser & Ireland, P.C., where she worked for 3 years prior to beginning her own legal practice. The Law office of Kathleen M. Murray, PLLC opened in December of 2019 with a primary focus on child welfare cases. Mrs. Sauvage’s memberships and certifications include the Texas Association of Family Defense Attorneys (TAFDA), Bexar County Children’s Court Ad Litem’s Association, the Texas Bar College, and being Board Certified in Child Welfare Law. Since beginning her legal career almost ten years ago, Mrs. Sauvage has discovered a true passion for advocating for both parents and children in the child welfare system.

Michael Leslie Jackson III (Tres) began to exhibit developmental delays at the age of 18 months and benefitted from assistance through Early Childhood Intervention Programs, HeadStart Programs, Individual Education Plans (IEPs), and accommodations for most state required standardized tests (until high school) and in college. Tres was always mainstreamed into general education classes in public school with special education support. In high school, he participated in the Explorer Program at the Belton Police Department where he gained insight into the world of law enforcement. In 2020, he began presenting on the topic of “Autism and Law Enforcement” and since that time, has trained hundreds of police officers, jailers, dispatchers, probation officers and concerned citizens. Tres graduated from Belton New Tech High School in Belton, Texas in 2018, is employed by FireStreet Pizza and Variety’s Peaceable Kingdom Retreat Center for Children and recently became a Registered Behavioral Technician.

Anne Potts Jackson graduated from Texas Tech University in 1991 and Baylor Law School in 1995. She has been a prosecutor for approximately 20 years, working in the Lubbock, Taylor, McLennan and Bell County District and County Attorney Offices. She has specialized in family violence and crimes against children and has presented on topics ranging from “Emerging Technologies in Domestic Violence Prosecution” to “Family Violence in Military Families” to “Autism and Law Enforcement”. Anne is married to Michael L. Jackson Jr., (Lt. Col., USAF, Ret.), and lives in Belton, Texas with their 3 sons Tres, Read and Cole.

Amie R. Serrano is an appellate attorney for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Prior to serving in this position, Amie represented the Department in litigation across multiple counties as a regional attorney. Prior to joining the Department, Amie was employed as an Assistant Bexar County District Attorney where she represented the State in various criminal courts and at mental health commitment hearings, then as an Assistant Bexar County Public Defender where she represented adults with mental health issues in criminal court, and finally as a general solo practitioner. As an appellate attorney, Amie represents the Department in appellate proceedings before the Texas Supreme Court and all fourteen courts of appeals. She also serves as an advisor and reference resource to regional attorneys, district attorneys, and county attorneys on a wide range of trial and appellate issues. Amie was awarded the Kathy Amonett Award of Excellence in 2025. Amie is a graduate of South Texas College of Law and is Board Certified in Child Welfare Law by the Texas Board of Legal Specialization.

Melissa J. Cuadrado is employed by the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services as an appellate attorney. Prior to serving in this position, Melissa represented the Department in litigation across multiple counties as a regional attorney. Later, she was named as a Region 8 Managing Attorney and handled immigration issues across the state. Prior to joining the Department, Melissa was a Clinical Fellow in the Immigration Clinic at the St. Mary’s University School of Law’s Center for Legal and Social Justice, then was employed as a Senior Staff Attorney at RAICES, a San Antonio area non-profit, representing undocumented children in federal foster care. As an appellate attorney, Melissa represents the Department in appellate proceedings before the Texas Supreme Court and all fourteen courts of appeals. She also serves as an advisor and reference resource to regional attorneys, district attorneys, and county attorneys on a wide range of trial and appellate issues. Melissa is a graduate of St. Mary’s University School of Law.