The Butler Trial Law team

The people behind the preparation.

Chase Butler leads every legal matter. The firm’s team supports the focused preparation, organization, and follow-through that serious representation requires.

Meet the team

Focused work is a team effort.

Butler Trial Law is built around direct attorney access and careful preparation. Each team member contributes to the disciplined work that helps Chase understand the record, evaluate risk, and prepare the strongest available position.

Law Clerk

Parker Yuchinski

Parker Yuchinski serves as a law clerk at Butler Trial Law, PLLC, while completing his third year at St. Mary’s University School of Law.

Parker is expected to earn his J.D. in May 2027. His academic work includes service as a staff writer for the St. Mary’s Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics and a student comment selected for publication in Volume 58 of the St. Mary’s Law Journal. He was also named to the St. Mary’s School of Law Dean’s List for Spring 2026.

Before law school, Parker attended the University of Alabama, where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Commerce and Business Administration, graduating cum laude in 2024.

While at Alabama, Parker served as philanthropy chairman for Lambda Chi Alpha and helped organize a canned-food drive benefiting the Tuscaloosa Soup Kitchen that collected more than 350 donated items.

Legal education: J.D. candidate, St. Mary’s University School of Law — anticipated May 2027
Academic recognition: Dean’s List, Spring 2026
Journal work: Staff Writer, St. Mary’s Journal on Legal Malpractice & Ethics, Volume 16
Forthcoming publication: Student comment selected for publication in Volume 58 of the St. Mary’s Law Journal
Undergraduate education: B.S. in Commerce and Business Administration, University of Alabama, 2024, cum laude
Service and leadership: Philanthropy Chairman, Lambda Chi Alpha — Tuscaloosa Soup Kitchen canned-food drive

Parker is a law student and law clerk. He is not a licensed attorney and does not provide legal advice independently.

Litigation Paralegal

Christopher Correa

Christopher Correa serves as a litigation paralegal at Butler Trial Law, PLLC, helping organize the records, deadlines, filings, and trial-preparation details that keep litigation moving.

Christopher brings experience supporting attorneys in insurance-defense, personal-injury, debt-collection, subrogation, and federal-court matters. His work has included drafting pleadings, motions, discovery, and correspondence; tracking deadlines and court settings; and coordinating document production and medical records.

He is experienced with Texas eFile and federal PACER/ECF, as well as the JST, Odyssey, and iManage case-management systems. He has also assisted with trial preparation, including exhibit and witness coordination.

Before working in private practice, Christopher served in court operations for county clerk offices in Texas and Florida. That experience gave him practical familiarity with case records, court scheduling, costs, and the administrative processes that support an active docket.

Litigation support: Insurance defense, personal injury, debt collection, subrogation, and federal-court matters
Drafting and discovery: Pleadings, motions, discovery, correspondence, document production, and medical-record coordination
Court filing: Texas eFile and federal PACER/ECF
Case management: Docket deadlines, court settings, and JST, Odyssey, and iManage systems
Trial preparation: Exhibit preparation and witness coordination
Court operations: Prior county-clerk experience supporting case records, scheduling, and court administration

Christopher is a litigation paralegal and is not an attorney. He works under attorney supervision and does not provide legal advice independently.

Senior Family Law Paralegal

Samantha “Sammy” Serna

Samantha “Sammy” Serna is the Senior Family Law Paralegal at Butler Trial Law, PLLC, supporting family-law matters through careful case organization, client communication, drafting, discovery, e-filing, and trial preparation.

Sammy has worked in legal support roles since 2021. Her experience includes drafting court documents and discovery; reviewing productions; calendaring hearings, trials, and deadlines; opening and maintaining matters; coordinating with clients and counsel; and preparing cases for trial.

Her background includes family-law matters as well as experience supporting criminal-law, immigration-law, real-estate, and corporate-document work. She is familiar with MyCase, Clio, PracticePanther, and iManage case and document-management systems.

Sammy completed the Paralegal Certification Program at The University of Texas at San Antonio in June 2025 and is continuing her Paralegal Studies coursework at San Antonio College. Her résumé also lists a Texas Notary Certificate.

Primary focus: Family-law litigation support
Drafting and discovery: Court documents, discovery drafting and review, e-filing, and file maintenance
Calendaring and preparation: Hearings, trials, deadlines, client meetings, and trial preparation
Case systems: MyCase, Clio, PracticePanther, and iManage
Paralegal training: The University of Texas at San Antonio Paralegal Certification Program, June 2025
Continuing education: Paralegal Studies, San Antonio College

Sammy is a Senior Family Law Paralegal and is not an attorney. She works under attorney supervision and does not provide legal advice independently.

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