When President-elect Randy Sorrels appointed his wife to serve on the Texas Bar Foundation board of trustees, it caused a dust-up at this month’s Texas Bar board meeting.

Alexandra “Alex” Farias-Sorrels of Houston will serve on the foundation’s board for three years beginning June 1, after the bar’s board voted to approve her appointment on April 26. Funded by lawyer-members, the bar foundation is a voluntary organization that distributes grants to organizations working to enhance the rule of law, improve the justice system, provide legal aid, boost legal ethics and other functions.