Annette Jones

Annette is a graduate of Austin College in Sherman, Texas, and from Baylor Law School. She began working in the City Attorney's Office in November 1977. She has served as an Assistant City Attorney since February 1978. She is licensed to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Western District of Texas and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Texas City Attorneys Association, and the McLennan County Bar Association.

John Patterson

John is a graduate of Baylor University and Baylor Law School. He has been employed as an Assistant City Attorney since June 1983. Prior to that time, he was employed as an Assistant City Attorney for the City of Abilene. He is licensed to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Northern and Western District of Texas and the United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Texas City Attorneys Association, and the McLennan County Bar Association. He and his wife, Martina, have three children.

Ken Johnson

Ken graduated from Texas Tech University School of Law. He has been serving as Assistant City Attorney for the City of Waco since October 1999. He has eighteen years municipal law experience, serving as Municipal Court Presiding Judge in Lubbock for over six years; City Attorney in Copperas Cove and Assistant City Attorney in Odessa. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas, Texas City Attorneys Association, and the McLennan County Bar Association. He and his wife, Kim, have four children.

Chris Taylor

Chris is a graduate of Baylor University and Baylor Law School. He has been serving as an Assistant City Attorney since February 2001. Prior to working for the City of Waco, he worked for three years as an Assistant District Attorney in Jourdanton, Texas, specializing in felony drug prosecutions. He is a member of the State Bar of Texas and the Texas City Attorneys Association. He and his wife, Maria, are the proud parents of two children, Benjamin and Annie.

Nicole Webster

Nicole is a graduate of Texas Woman's University in Denton and South Texas College of Law in Houston. She has been serving as an Assistant City Attorney since February of 2003. Prior to working for the City of Waco, she worked for the City of Arlington, West Texas Legal Services in Fort Worth, and the Law Office of Reedy M. Spigner in Plano. She is a member of TML, the State Bar of Texas, and Phi Alpha Delta. Nicole has two beautiful children, Everett and Gabrielle.

Julie Pandya

Julie is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Tulsa College of Law. She has been serving as an Assistant City Attorney since December of 2006. Prior to working for the City of Waco, she worked for the Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office and the Law Office of Rick Mitchell in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is a member of the State Bar of Texas and Phi Alpha Delta."

Candice Johnson

Candice has been employed in the legal profession for approximately 15 years. This is her second term to work for the City of Waco City Attorney's office. During her first employment in the 1999-2000 year term, Candice's husband was transferred to the Midland/Odessa area. Upon their move to Midland, she continued to work in the legal profession as a legal secretary for one of the largest oil and gas law firms in Texas. After approximately 2 years there, they received a job relocation back to the Waco area where she became employed as a legal secretary with the Naman, Howell, Smith & Lee law firm. When a position became available at the City Attorney's office in September 2003, Candice was eager to join the legal staff for the City of Waco once again.

Candice and her husband, Tony, are happy to be back in the Waco area where they can be closer to their daughter, Tosha, and their first grandson, Blade.

Nita Mays

Nita is a Mass Communication graduate from Texas Wesleyan College. She has been employed with the City Attorney's Office as a Legal Secretary since February 1998. Prior to working with the City of Waco, she worked for the Board of Pardons and Paroles for 10 years. Nita is a native of Waco and has two children.