The Dispute Resolution Center, in collaboration with the Travis County district judges, the County Court at Law judges, and the Austin Bar Association, is holding Settlement Week from September 14 - 18, which gives people a chance to settle their cases in a cost-effective manner with the aid of a trained, neutral mediator.

For specific questions regarding Settlement Week, please call Kris Donley, Executive Director of the Dispute Resolution Center, at 279-1901 or Settlement Week Chair Jason Snell at 477-5291.

Time: Noon

Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 700

Topic: Litigation Tips for Complex Administrative Law Cases: Experts, Discovery, and Learned Treatises

Speakers: Ann Skowronski and Andres Medrano

CLE: .75 Hours

Cost: $15 for Section Members, $20 for Non-Members

RSVP to Chisum Cooke at (512) 239-6994 or chisumlcooke@yahoo.com

Time: Noon

Location: Green Pastures Restaurant, 811 W. Live Oak Street

Topic: Inside Legal Journalism

Speaker: John Council

CLE: 1 Hour

Cost: $18

RSVP to D. Todd Smith at (512) 329-2025 or todd@appealsplus.com

Time: Noon

Location: Austin Bar Association, 816 Congress Avenue, Suite 700

Topic: WANTED (again)! Family Limited Partnerships (Dead or Alive?), Part II

Speaker: Stephanie Loomis-Price

CLE: 1 Hour

Cost: $20 for Section Members, $25 for Non-Members

RSVP to Megan Melara Austin at firm@bls-legal.com

Click here for a brochure

Click here to register online

Friday, Sept. 18
Location: Omni Hotel Downtown
MCLE: 6.25 hours
Time: 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Topic: Transportation: Williamson County, Hays County, and Stimulus
Speaker: Mike Weaver, Prime Strategies, Inc.

Topic: Affordable Housing - Point/Counterpoint
Speakers: Ed Wendler, Jr., E.W. Development Co.; Margaret Shaw, City of Austin Neighborhood Housing and Community Development

Topic: Open Meetings Act/Open Records Act
Speakers: Monte Akers, Akers & Boulware-Wells; Andy Martin, Brown McCarroll

Topic: Water Rights & Service for Real Estate Development
Speaker: Phil Haag, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore

Topic: Preserving Entitlements
Speaker: Peter Cesaro, Graves, Dougherty, Hearon & Moody

Topic: Financing/Credit Markets
Speakers: Mark West, Holliday Fenoglio Fowler; Sterling Silver, Comerica Bank; Brannin Prideaux, IBC Bank

Topic: Market Overview/Outlook
Speakers:
(a) Office - Chad Marsh, Endeavor Real Estate Group
(b) Retail - Parker Estes, The Weitzman Group
(c) Industrial - Scott Flack, Live Oak Gottesman
(d) Single Family - Richard Maier, D.R. Horton
(e) Multifamily - Dick Obenhaus, The Apartment Group
(f) Land - Joe Duncan, Duncan Commercial